A new bill, AB 1121, would require all schools to use a method based on the so-called “science of reading,” which emphasizes ...

Year after year, millions of children fall behind in reading, and the consequences are profound: reduced lifetime earnings, ...

Nearly 60% of third graders aren’t reading at grade level. A new bill would require schools to use a phonics-based approach ...

Fresno Unified is working to improve student literacy. Learn how the Waterford program is boosting scores for first graders.

A study led by primatologist Dr. Chiara De Gregorio from the University of Warwick has found that Madagascar's singing lemurs ...

The race to lead the state education department pits the teachers union-backed incumbent, Jill Underly, against consultant ...

Measles is spreading fast across the U.S., putting infants at risk. Should babies get vaccinated before age 1? Here's what ...

Fort Worth ISD students, however, are not receiving enough instruction to master phonics, district officials said. As part of a wide-sweeping district restructuring, phonics lessons will be ...

A new study led by Dr. Johny Daniel from our top-ranked School of Education has found that trainee teachers in England are ...

As a pediatric speech-language pathologist and a mother of a child in San Diego public schools, I’ve seen California’s early ...

By the time Ana made it to my kindergarten classroom as a repeater, she felt defeated — anxious, frustrated, and convinced that reading was out of reach. Her previous struggles with literacy had ...

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