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South Carolina lawmakers are looking to overhaul the way educators teach reading to elementary students.

Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools' Superintendent Denise Watts spoke to Savannah Morning News about attendance concerns and progress on literacy strategies.

Riley Elementary Principal Beth Rein presented to the USD 428 Board of Education during la

Representing Ward 2 on the DC State Board of Education, Alister Chang, decried D.C.’s poor funding for literacy training for teachers as one of the primary

Weaver campaigned as a change agent. Her background was in politics, working for former U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint and founding the conservative-leaning Palmetto Promise Institute. Her leading credentials were serving on the state’s Education Oversight Committee.

Decades of research shows that the human brain is not wired to learn how to read. It is a skill that must be taught, and teaching it is complex. In

This is the second piece in a two-part series that tracks Texas’ attempts to adopt the science of reading over 25 years. The lessons learned in this series are relevant to the many states who have adopted — or are attempting to adopt — the science of reading in schools. Read the first piece here. […]

ASHEBORO — Asheboro City Schools hosted a celebratory surprise award ceremony to receive a state award for innovation in reading instruction.

Elementary school students are reading at a better level today compared to a year ago, according to new data from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.

The beginning-of-the-year reading assessment results are in for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.For the past few years, during and since the