The NAEP results in late 2022 revealed that reading scores fell for both fourth and eighth grade readers as a result of the pandemic. Only 33 percent of fourth graders are reading proficiently, which ...

When districts adopt evidence-based practices like Structured Literacy, it’s often with a surge of excitement and momentum. Yet the real challenge lies not in the initial adoption, but in sustaining ...

In the world of structured literacy, there are few names that are as recognizable as Barbara Wilson. A renowned literacy expert, Barbara Wilson co-founded Wilson Language Training®, an evidence-backed ...

When kids are able to move, they learn better. Here's how to give young students more opportunities to move throughout ...

Outside, it was summer, but inside John Lewis Elementary School in Macon, Ga. Quantesha Pittman was teaching third graders to build words. "What's that first sound again?" she asked the room of about ...

National education leaders say they don’t know exactly why in students’ crawl back to pre-pandemic academic proficiency, younger children are outpacing their older schoolmates. But one factor ...

Future teachers know how to read but often don’t understand the logic governing the English language, says Keely Baronak, ...

If it wins the election, the National Party has vowed to shake up how children are taught to read and write. Part of this education overhaul includes a pledge to require the teaching of “structured ...

BRAINERD — A new elementary literacy curriculum is on the docket for the 2026-27 school year in Brainerd. District Literacy Coordinator Melissa Cournia presented the curriculum to the School Board on ...

(The Center Square) – The state’s stalled budget negotiations left many other proposals on hold, including a bipartisan plan to increase childhood literacy. Still, the lawmakers behind the legislation ...