Reading First News Today

Commentary by Fresno Unified social studies teacher of nearly 30 years.

Coronado Unified School District has named Tim Kusserow as the new Coronado High School Assistant Principal. Kusserow is an innovative and experienced educational leader who brings decades of teaching and

An effort to overhaul how children learn to read, known as the science of reading movement, is sweeping the country. Here’s where it stands.

This is the first 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. The brick walkway along the […]

As a retired Tennessee educator who has worked both in special education and as a school librarian, I am appalled that our governor and state legislators would refuse federal monies

“Reading occupies a strange position in today’s world, being at once physiologically unnecessary and culturally central.”

The belief persists that increasing phonics instruction is the answer to students’ apparent lack of progress in reading. While pronouncing words requires phonemic awareness, phonics, and practice, “reading” without meaning

From podcasts to parents, it seems as though everyone is talking about how kids learn to read and what schools are — or are not — doing about it. While the science of reading is having its moment in the national spotlight, those of us who have been deep in the work know that the […]

PIERRE — Growing up in the 1960s, one of Joe Graves’ best childhood moments was his mother reading to him at bedtime.

The South Dakota Department of Education is encouraging K-12 schools to take a phonics-based approach to teaching reading.