The reading wars have become a tool used to further polarize and divide an already fraught educational climate, and the victims of this war are our nation’s students. At the forefront of conversations ...

As ubiquitous as colored pencils and alphabet posters, lists of “sight words” have long been a fixture in kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms. These inventories identify some of the most commonly ...

An effort to overhaul how children learn to read, known as the science of reading movement, is sweeping the country. Here’s where it stands. By Dana Goldstein During an era of intense politicization ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Natalie Wexler is an education writer focusing on literacy. Oct 10, 2023, 12:05pm EDT Oct 13, 2023, 02:47pm EDT This article is ...

How we teach children to read has been a contentious issue in the United States for decades, a debate that has "occasionally grown so vicious it's been dubbed the Reading Wars," Vox reported. On one ...

Ohio is not alone in its change to reading education. It was one of 17 states that passed laws or implemented policies on reading instruction in 2023, according to EducationWeek. The states vary ...

While this fall marks my 38 th year in education, it has been 28 years since I was a classroom teacher. Teaching elementary school was the hardest job I ever had, but there are many parts of the role ...

Fresno Unified social studies teacher Derek Boucher casts doubt on the current push to use “scientific” principles in reading instruction. Bigstock In recent op-eds and comments by Sacramento ...

EdSource · Sexual abuse claims threaten school district budgets, even when not accused But an in-depth look at the science behind how language is developed reveals an interesting parallel between the ...

Against a backdrop of plummeting test scores and grim pandemic learning loss, the science of reading has been gaining traction, but literacy experts warn there are myriad challenges ahead. Solving the ...

Move over "Dick and Jane." A different approach to teaching kids how to read is on the rise. For decades, two schools of thought have clashed on how to best teach children to read, with passionate ...