Teachers will be trained on how to teach the new language arts standards before they go into effect in the 2027-28 school ...

North Carolina has adopted new reading standards that will expand the use of the “science of reading” into middle schools and ...

The new standards, which go into effect in the 2027-28 school year, expand reading and writing requirements to include poetry ...

Drexel University's School of Education is excited to welcome producer, writer, and star of “Hopeville: How to Win the Reading Wars,” Harvey Hubbell, as he shares his film and leads a post-film panel ...

The “science of reading” is a body of knowledge referring to how students learn to sound out words, learn vocabulary, and read increasingly sophisticated texts. More teachers are being encouraged to ...

Indiana has joined a rising tide of states mandating phonics-based science of reading lessons, banning schools from using balanced literacy and other strategies that rely on context clues and pictures ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. At a time of rising interest nationwide in phonics-focused reading instruction, few ...

Schools across the country have been shifting their reading strategies to incorporate knowledge and best practices they have learned from the science of reading. More than 30 states have written ...

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. English learners need foundational skills like phonics and vocabulary in addition to ...