After two years of pandemic disruptions to students’ reading progress, schools nationwide are scrambling for ways to help them progress faster. Small-group instruction in reading is one of the most ...

Inside a classroom in St. Charles Parish, a group of first graders sit around their teacher as she points to an easel with a large piece of paper titled “READING.” Under it, six steps lay out how to ...

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 ...

For some elementary school students, reading lessons are an opportunity to get messy and get out of their seats. Kids learning how to map letters to sounds might trace A’s and B’s in sand or shaving ...

Cramped inside a former locker room - under an old shower head and near a bathroom sink - three Riverside Elementary students are led through a reading intervention lesson. Recently the reading ...

The Maryland State Board of Education is considering a policy that would make third graders repeat the year if they can’t read at grade level. Students in second through 12th grades already can be ...