For those who are passionate about helping children succeed, becoming a teacher is a meaningful next step. Wilmington ...

At a time when rates of reading for pleasure are down nationwide and policymakers are beginning to brainstorm ways to help ...

Gariel Pierce's teaching career began in South Carolina, where she was placed as part of Teach for America. After her third year on the job, in which she won the school's Teacher of the Year ...

For decades, reading scores have remained stagnant at best, and the pandemic made things even worse. K–12 teachers at every grade level have students who struggle to read, and regardless of their ...

States are making important moves to improve the way reading is taught in their schools, but the choices leaders face aren’t easy. Many are wrestling with new literacy legislation that responds to ...

Educators need coaching, modeling, and opportunities to consistently apply structured literacy practices in daily instruction ...

Heather Miller, a first grade teacher in Austin, Texas, works with a small group of students in her classroom on reading skills. Credit: Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers ...

For the first time, a majority of elementary teacher education programs have adopted the tenets of reading science in their curriculum. According to the latest "Teacher Prep Review" by the National ...

Most states (29 states and the District of Columbia) use a weak elementary teacher reading licensure test, meaning that they do not effectively measure teachers’ knowledge of scientifically based ...

After 14 years in education, I consider myself to be a good reading teacher. Unfortunately, the path to getting where I am today was a long, frustrating journey. Growing up, as the child of two ...

America is facing a reading catastrophe. Nearly five years after pandemic closures, only 31% of fourth graders can read proficiently, achievement gaps are widening, and student performance continues ...