Literacy

This stuff matters. Across the nation, roughly two-thirds of fourth and eighth-grade students aren’t reading proficiently.

With limited funds, how do states/districts retrain teachers to best teach reading?

You’ll need to ask your school a few important questions about how they teach reading, and be prepared to push back if necessary!

Solving our country’s literacy crisis will involve a lot more than simply publicizing the large body of evidence suggesting many schools are not deploying the best method of teaching reading. It also will include battling school districts and educators invested in the status quo.

When I first realized that my son, then a first-grader doing school remotely from our living room couch, couldn’t read even the simplest words, my first call was to his warm, kind kindergarten teacher.

We will have to be ready to let go of practices that seemed promising at one point, but with more research, appear to be less effective than others.

After a decade of rising test scores and multiple challenges, Mississippi’s reading overhaul looks to bounce back even better.

Today over 65% of fourth graders are not proficient readers. We chat with Emily Hanford of APMreports about her latest podcast series, Sold a Story, and what went wrong with teaching kids how to read.

Effective reading instruction is a matter of economic, social, and racial justice.