Even before the pandemic, national test scores showed that only a third of American students were proficient in reading, with widening gaps between good readers and struggling ones. At the end of our ...

The battleground of the reading wars is a contentious and scary place. This war has been ongoing for a century, with either side gaining and losing ground as the educational pendulum swings back and ...

Kentucky lawmakers are again seeking to ban 'three-cueing,' a reading instruction method, with the goal of shifting to a ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Gov. Mike DeWine is wading into the reading wars – the decades-long debate over how to teach children to read. In introducing his two-year budget proposal late last month, DeWine ...

February 19, 2026 - Arizona State University wants Cal Grants for its California-based students, but California officials say its not eligible. At a time of rising interest nationwide in ...

The new school year appears poised to usher in a fresh collection of unwelcome challenges. Many schools are making difficult decisions about remote, in-person, and hybrid instruction. And teachers and ...

Readers discuss an article about a trend back to emphasizing phonics. To the Editor: Re “She Helped Transform Reading Lessons. Now She’s Backtracking” (front page, May 22): As an educator for 30-plus ...

Third grade students at Hamilton Avenue School in Greenwich read independently during their reading hour. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror Why are only 32% of Connecticut fourth-graders reading on ...

February 12, 2026 - California's Assembly Bill 218 made it possible for childhood abuse victims to sue public agencies up to their 40th birthday or five years after discovering the abuse.

National and state reading scores for elementary school students are down. And in Berlin, New Hampshire, some teachers and parents say there’s a literacy crisis happening in their school district. At ...