Balanced Literacy downplays structured phonics, where kids learn by memorizing letters' sounds. Is that why some are struggling to read?

House leaders have called literacy their top priority this session.

Several education leaders and elected officials read to students at Burnt Mills Elementary in honor of Read Across America Day.

Now that those children have reached their early school years, researchers are beginning to see how pandemic years have shaped their education, even though many had yet to set foot in a classroom when ...

Three-cueing encourages students to use context clues — such as sentence structure or pictures — to figure out unfamiliar words. Critics have accused this method of teaching students to guess words ...

Teachers can use these research-based cognitive and behavioral cues to help students feel capable, focused, and ready to work, even when tasks are challenging.

Gov. Mike DeWine says the ReadOhio coaches will help implement phonics-based literacy instruction after finding some schools where the science of reading isn't being taught.

Teaching methods have changed over recent years, particularly in the areas of reading and writing. The pendulum is swinging back, though, so phonics and cursive writing are turning up in lesson plans.

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An influential researcher in the science of reading movement is warns schools may be "overteaching" the skill.

During AY2025-2026 the CUNY Office of Research funded 16 Research in the Classroom (RIC) grants for faculty to incorporate authentic research activities into their undergraduate courses. This ...

Brett Smith, 43, fired as a substitute at Queen of Martyrs in Evergreen Park, is charged with sexual abuse in Orland Park.