If you’re a parent of a young reader, would you rather start off in Manhattan or Mississippi? The answer may surprise you. Today, fourth-grade students in Mississippi read almost a full school year ...

A veteran legislator who taught elementary school for 16 years introduced comprehensive early-literacy legislation Wednesday that would impose requirements on reading instruction and add urgency to ...

The “science of reading” is making its way onto more governors’ and state legislators’ priority lists as the 2024 legislative session gets underway. In Massachusetts, Gov. Maura Healey, a Democrat, ...

Students all over the country lost ground during the pandemic, with remote learning especially hard for young kids. Experts say other challenges to students’ reading achievement include too much use ...