Less than half of Houston ISD first, second and third graders are reading at grade level, creating concern among educators about a possible domino effect that could put students behind for years.

Just under half of Louisiana’s third graders ended last school year reading below or significantly below grade level, according to a report released Tuesday by the state Department of Education. The ...

At the beginning of 2020, Shelly Emann felt like her district was on the right track with reading instruction. In the Madison public schools in New Jersey, where Emann works as a K-8 instructional ...

U.S. students’ reading scores have plunged further on the test known as the nation’s report card, while math scores have stagnated for 8th graders and ticked up slightly only for 4th ...

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Above: Nystrom Elementary teacher Dylan Fairweather teaches a reading lesson to a third grade class. The school has used the science of reading approach since receiving grant funding in 2021. More ...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — It’s nearly 5 p.m. on a Friday, and Dolores S. Perez is hard at work in the Brownsville Public Library. She’s also one of the people having the most fun. Parsing education data ...