In interviews and elsewhere, Philly teachers have expressed mixed feelings on the new language arts curriculum. Some say they ...

You rarely see friction between Austin ISD administrators and the board of trustees at the district’s biweekly board meetings ...

As the "science of reading" movement has spread, predictable texts for beginning readers have come under fire.

A separate mandate also requires schools to administer the statewide IREAD test in second grade — a year earlier ... students’ reading skills. The phonics-based literacy approach incorporates ...

The online, untimed, multiple-choice test gauges student progress on foundational reading skills — like phonics and vocabulary ... who take the exam in second grade or before — will ...

Children learn some phonics in most balanced literacy programs ... Marissa Bateman, a 2nd grade teacher at P.S. 107, credits training she took as part of the city initiative with helping her ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio is adding another layer of training in the so-called science of reading, thanks to a $60 million U.S. Department of Education grant. The money will be distributed among ...

North Star uses i-Ready, a reading diagnostic test from Curriculum Associates administered in the fall to help determine each ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Reading is a fundamental part of success for every student. But many students in Memphis-Shelby County ...

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is investigating a reported concern about the curriculum at De Pere schools.

As the second-largest school district in the nation ... on evidence-based literacy instruction methods, such as phonics and ...