Brows furrowed, my student stared at the page. A senior at a reputable high school, she had lost track halfway through the six-line sentence and struggled to identify the subject. "No problem. Let's ...

Like many districts, the Marietta school district in Georgia has spent the past five years focused on improving literacy achievement for its youngest students, intent on making sure kids leave ...

Colleges across the country are not just facing funding cuts to their funding and decreasing enrollment, but a new and concerning trend is brewing when it comes to literacy. Professors are finding ...

The pandemic jostled students off course, disrupting learning around the country. Billions in federal relief dollars later and rigorous assessments show that students are still struggling to recover.

NEW YORK, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Over 30% of U.S. students in their last year of high school lack basic reading skills, the lowest performance in over three decades, according to test results released on ...

A student exits a school bus as they arrive to Creative Arts Secondary School on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Saint Paul, Minn. (Ellen Schmidt/Minnesota Reformer) The share of Minnesota eighth graders ...

Phonics gets more attention in elementary English/language arts classrooms than other core foundational reading skills, like fluency. More generally, states’ new reading laws emphasizing foundational ...

Reading skills among young students stalled during the pandemic, according to a new study. The research provides new evidence about the pandemic’s impact on learning among students in the earliest ...

A study by researchers at Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE) provides new evidence about the pandemic's impact on learning among students in the earliest grades, showing distinct changes in ...

A complete 10-lesson Reading Skills scheme designed to build pupils’ confidence with the essential skills needed to understand, interpret and analyse texts. The scheme begins with straightforward ...

• Data shows that as many as two-thirds of American high school graduates have underdeveloped reading skills, measured by common standards for their grade level. • However, the people in this category ...