What to know SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Maria Murray is a proud bookworm. When she was a kid, she would frequent the local ...

After a few easy prompts to get them started, Michele Malesyzk warns her daughter: This next one’s going to be tough. “ANG,” says Maleszyk, emphasizing the three sounds in the one blended sound found ...

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the ...

Muncie Community Schools officials saw a 14% increase in IREAD-3 scores, exceeding the state average. MCS attributes the improvement to switching from Fountas & Pinnell to the Core Knowledge Language ...

This initiative, backed by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, has more than $100 million allocated to purchasing new curriculum, training teachers, and paying literacy coaches. Both local school employees and the ...

In the Fox C-6 district outside of St. Louis, elementary reading teachers are in the process of shifting their practice, moving from a balanced-literacy approach to a “structured” approach, one that ...

For the past 17 years, former Los Angeles school board members and staff have trekked to a ranch in the mountains southwest ...

Seeing a child curled up with a book as they independently learn to read the words and find the meaning in a story is a heartwarming image. We have been taught that learning to read is akin to ...

As California wrestles with a statewide literacy crisis, a bill poised to hit Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk could fundamentally change the way students learn to read in California. The bill, AB 1454, would ...