Teachers will be trained on how to teach the new language arts standards before they go into effect in the 2027-28 school year.

North Carolina has adopted new reading standards that will expand the use of the “science of reading” into middle schools and ...

The new standards, which go into effect in the 2027-28 school year, expand reading and writing requirements to include poetry ...

Drexel University's School of Education is excited to welcome producer, writer, and star of “Hopeville: How to Win the Reading Wars,” Harvey Hubbell, as he shares his film and leads a post-film panel ...

The “science of reading” is a body of knowledge referring to how students learn to sound out words, learn vocabulary, and read increasingly sophisticated texts. More teachers are being encouraged to ...

Strange that it took a lawsuit to show California a better way to teach students to read. And now that a Stanford University study has confirmed the value of the so-called science of reading in a ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. English learners need foundational skills like phonics and vocabulary in addition to ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. At a time of rising interest nationwide in phonics-focused reading instruction, few ...

The “Science of Reading” is a loaded phrase these days. It’s creating a lot of controversy, partly because people define it in different ways. To some people, the “Science of Reading” represents a ...

In an effort to help kids read better, Arizona elementary teachers are working towards a newer certification requirement. The Kyrene Elementary School District has been working on the curriculum for ...

Schools across the country have been shifting their reading strategies to incorporate knowledge and best practices they have learned from the science of reading. More than 30 states have written ...

In case you haven’t noticed—and given a pandemic, political mayhem, and general weariness, you would be forgiven if you haven’t—a new front in the decadeslong reading wars has opened up called “the ...