With American schools facing a literacy crisis, the “Mississippi miracle” has become the poster child for improved reading instruction. But it could just as easily be a cautionary tale because of a ...

Almost all children can learn to read with effective data-driven support, according to Gardner Institute analysis.

Diamond, a third grader in Jefferson Parish, does a timed reading exercise with her summer school teacher, Emily Gurtner. Emily Gurtner sits at a small table in the corner of her third-grade classroom ...

So, what’s being done to help them overcome challenges? At Wayne-Westland Community Schools, it’s finding success stories in helping students soar in reading. Nowadays, Penelope Coyle’s reading ...

More than a decade after Oklahoma lawmakers voted to stop holding back third-grade students who couldn’t read at grade level, ...

Too many of our students are sitting in classrooms struggling to read. There is a reading crisis in Virginia. The data tells us that Virginia’s students are falling behind and do not have the basic ...

Local YMCA Reads! program helps struggling kindergartners through fourth graders go from "learning to read" to "reading to ...

On Monday, the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute released a report detailing early literacy rates among Utah children, ...

Experts say early literacy gaps don’t just affect academics — they can shape long-term outcomes well beyond the classroom.

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. One hundred eighty-five pages. That’s the length of Culver City Unified School District ...

Dorchester School District Two is honing in on literacy and reading proficiency skills in early grade levels following ...

The release of TCAP reading scores on May 19 set off a fast-moving timeline for thousands of Tennessee third graders to avoid being held back. A state reading and retention law hinges on third grade ...