Each is entangled with many interacting variables, making it hard to isolate a single cause (e.g., coffee, a teaching method) for a specific outcome (e.g., heart disease, reading proficiency). For ...

The New Jersey law eliminates the need for prospective teachers to take the Praxis Core Test, a basic skills test for reading, writing and math.

Simple words like "the" and "of" are everywhere, but don't follow regular phonics patterns. How should teachers approach them?

As a new program, Mills College of Northeastern received a provisional accreditation; it can seek full accreditation in 2026. Supporters of bolstering how teacher candidates in California are taught ...

The bill would shift the state’s decade-old policy of encouraging districts to incorporate fundamental reading skills in the early grades, including phonics, to demanding that they do so. This would ...

Our literacy crisis is not just an educational issue; it is a civil rights issue, an economic issue, and a moral issue.

The results are “dramatic,” said Devin Kearns, a professor in early literacy at North Carolina State University, who was not involved with the study. Gains from UFLI are equivalent to 8 months of ...