Cumberland Valley School District educators identified a problem when students in the upper elementary grades struggled to read books that had complex words and no pictures. Many entered school with ...

This story features Beeline Reader for enhanced readability. Click to turn the feature on or off. Learn more about this technology here. Barbara McAuliffe, an expert in helping struggling readers, has ...

Christine Braid consults as a literacy facilitator for Tātai Angitu, Massey University. She received funding from the Ministry of Education for a research project (2015-2017). James Chapman is quoted ...

The NAEP results in late 2022 revealed that reading scores fell for both fourth and eighth grade readers as a result of the pandemic. Only 33 percent of fourth graders are reading proficiently, which ...

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, educators and school leaders find themselves facing a growing literacy crisis. Many students experienced learning loss due to virtual education or absence from ...

Massachusetts is moving toward statewide phonics-based reading instruction, requiring state-approved curricula. Marlborough Public Schools officials say they have already adopted a structured literacy ...

Hilary A Smith is co-convenor of the Languages Alliance Aotearoa NZ and president of Applied Linguistics in Aotearoa New Zealand. She is a past president of the Teachers to Speakers of Other Languages ...

Along with all of the educational technology that’s made its way into the K-12 classroom over the last 10 years, we also now have a constant stream of useful, actionable data that we can use to ...

OXFORD, Mass., Nov. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Wilson Language Training (Wilson), a leading provider of Structured Literacy solutions, today announced the launch of Fundations® K–5, an expansion of its ...

Letters can shape a life, yet for many, they’ve long remained out of reach. Studies suggest that Dyslexia affects 20 percent of the population in the US, which represents 90 percent of all those with ...

The results of the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the nation’s report card, were released on January 29, and reading scores for U.S. students have dropped to a worrying new ...