Designation given to schools for efforts to improve student literacy CHESAPEAKE — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio Department ...

Get kids reading fluently. As much as you can. Have them read and write about books. That, more or less, is the key to ...

Take, for example, the rule of doubling the letters f, l, s, and z when they come after a short vowel in a one-syllable word, such as “stuff”—this is essentially a spelling rule and nothing more. Most ...

States receiving federal literacy grants would have to follow the science of reading, under a bill the House education ...

Governor Mike DeWine has announced the 2026 Science of Reading Champions and it includes some schools from around the Valley.

The science of reading is having a moment. Pundits are trumpeting the Southern Surge and celebrating academic outcomes in (gasp!) Mississippi and Louisiana. Outlets like the New York Times and ...

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the ...

More than 8 million DOLLARS are going towards strengthening reading in Delaware classrooms. On March 12, the Delaware Department of Education announced a $1.9 million investment in the State ...

Can you spell deja vu? The battle over the best way to teach children how to read has re-erupted in the California Legislature, as dueling factions haggle over a bill that would mandate a ...

Tasked with spelling out the word "drop," the first grader at Logan Elementary School had instead written "drip" onto his laminated sheet with a dry-erase marker. But quickly realizing that spelling ...

On an evening walk in 2023, I’d just started listening to Emily Hanford’s groundbreaking podcast “Sold a Story,” when an interview with a father and daughter hit me like a ton of library books. The ...