A good many public figures maintain that the way to raise reading scores is to require that all children learn reading by the method known as “phonics.” ‘He had frogtank where he had hidden it,” reads ...

Patti Ghezzi covered education for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution from 1996 until 2006. In a guest column today, Ghezzi writes about the big story she says she missed while covering Georgia schools ...

Editor's note: With low reading proficiency scores across the state, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin is exploring the causes and consequences of low literacy. This article is part of the By the Book ...

New York's youngest students may soon see a renewed focus on phonics, as the pendulum in the age-old debate over how to teach reading swings toward the so-called "science of reading." Gov. Kathy ...

The reality, however, is that it’s simplistic to merely blame the pandemic. The erosion of English reading skills, particularly in public schools, started decades ago with a long-simmering war on ...

BALTIMORE — On Wal-Mart’s aisle of educational toys and children’s learning materials, dozens of brightly packaged products and cartoon-infused titles vie for parents’ attention and a slice of their ...

Readers were highly engaged in stories about reading strategies, and the impact of deep federal cuts to education programs.

Jefferson County Public Schools will revisit how it teaches students to read and by next year will roll out a new reading curriculum required for all district elementary schools, according to ...