An effort to overhaul how children learn to read, known as the science of reading movement, is sweeping the country. Here’s where it stands. By Dana Goldstein During an era of intense politicization ...

California schools can, for now, continue using a looser approach to how reading is taught to young children after a bill to mandate a “science of reading ” strategy failed to even garner a hearing in ...

One of the most fundamental skills students learn in school is still at the forefront of the national education conversation—how kids learn to read. The “science of reading” movement pushed forward in ...

California’s largest teachers union has moved to put the brakes on legislation that mandates instruction, known as the “science of reading,” that spotlights phonics to teach children to read. The move ...

Recently, two Massachusetts families filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit targeting publishers and authors of literacy curricula. The families seek class action status for Massachusetts students who were ...

A bill that would have required California teachers to use the “science of reading,” which spotlights phonics, to teach children to read has died without a hearing. Assembly Bill 2222, authored by ...

Most Massachusetts parents think the Bay State should require scientifically-based reading instruction in schools, according to a new statewide poll of roughly 1,500 parents released Monday. The poll, ...