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On Tuesday, Gov. Mike DeWine said only 60% of the state's third graders are proficient in reading.

Literacy company Lexia has introduced Lexia Aspire Professional Learning to help educators of grade 4-8 students teach literacy skills, focusing on helping them transition from “learning to read” to “reading to learn.” Aspire Professional Learning is digital, self-paced, and flexible. It expands on Lexia’s existing LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) program, which teaches the fundamentals of reading instruction. The Aspire program aims to equip educators w...

Huntington Elementary School has remastered its reading program this year following a $180,000 grant and two years of learning the Science of Reading.

There’s always a lot going on in the Greenfield Exempted Village School District, and the upcoming State of the District presentation is a great way to fi

For Betsy and Jamison Cummings, their daughters education means everything. But as 13-year-old Piper looks to her future high school days, her parents are fearful that she wont get the help she needs for her learning disabilities...

North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt has released an update on Operation Polaris, a four-year plan for strengthening student outcomes across the state.

Science of reading; student gains; early literacy; Read to Achieve; pandemic slide; reading intervention; poor test scores

Students in early elementary grades in North Carolina public schools continue to show gains in literacy skills, according to results of a key assessment administered at the beginning of the current school year.

Principal Karl Kircher said the Alaska Reads Act is “foremost” on the minds of the school community

Teachers are revamping the way they teach literacy and superintendents are hiring reading specialists to get kids caught up.