More than half of third-graders did not meet the state’s bar for reading proficiency last spring, while fourth- and ...

A series of new laws aimed at transforming how reading is taught in Georgia’s public schools are now awaiting approval from ...

Mayor Adams raised the alarm Monday that students are reading at an “inexcusable level.” Fewer than half of the city’s public ...

There were two huge developments in the literacy world early this year. First, the emergence of a phonics program that could impact outcomes “dramatically.” Gains for 1 st graders from the ...

More than 70% of Black and low-income students, for example, failed to meet the state’s reading standard. The bill would build on existing legislation that requires credential programs to teach ...

Passage of new laws follows Atlanta News First investigative series examining potential causes of Georgia’s poor reading proficiency.

California schools use about half a dozen reading curricula, and some are more phonics-based than others. Typically, schools use a combination of programs and give teachers some leeway.

The once-abandoned instructional approach is back in place in South Dakota in hopes of improving students’ reading comprehension.

but it’s not explicit where it’s a different phonics program,” Molinar said. School districts growing their reading rates added a separate phonics program on top of their general reading ...

South Dakota officially took a step in a better direction Monday when the state’s Board of Education Standards approved revisions to English Language standards that’ll embrace the use of phonics ...

California schools use about half a dozen reading curricula, and some are more phonics-based than others. Typically, schools use a combination of programs and give teachers some leeway.