Twenty-three-year-old Reed Goodwin, who just completed his first year of teaching at Rosedale Elementary in Parke County, sees firsthand the importance of phonics-based instruction in teaching ...

Stanford Professor Rebecca Silverman discusses a transformative movement backed by research that is changing literacy instruction in schools nationwide. After decades of debate over the most effective ...

Norway’s "U-turn" on screen-based learning holds lessons for American readers.

The “science of reading” movement has brought sweeping changes to the curriculum teachers use in the classroom and the professional development they take—but educators still voice substantial ...

A decade or so ago, reading instruction underwent a public reassessment. Whole language approaches had emphasized immersion in texts and contextual, “cue"-based guessing strategies. The goals were ...

Dr. Maria Murray founded The Reading League “out of pure frustration” with widespread reading failures in American schools.

Digital technologies have reshaped the ways in which individuals encounter, interpret and share literary texts. The rise of e-readers, mobile devices and online platforms has fostered new modes of ...