Nearly a year ago, when Education Week hosted an online conference about adolescent literacy across the content areas, we got a lot of interested and enthusiastic responses from participants. But we ...

What barriers do students face when asked to read text and show their comprehension of it? This question was posed by an English/language arts teacher and educational consultant to a group of ...

Despite expectations that students master basic reading skills by third grade, many continue to struggle with reading into upper elementary school and beyond. A new study commissioned by the Advanced ...

Join eSchool News for the 12 Days of Edtech with 2024’s most-read and most-loved stories. On the 5th Day of Edtech, our story focuses on post-COVID reading instruction. This story was originally ...

New city funding will allow San Francisco’s school district to clear waitlists for the private tutors and more than double ...

Almost all children can learn to read with effective data-driven support, according to Gardner Institute analysis.

Almost every state has overhauled elementary school reading programs. But one group of students is getting left behind.

Lori Robertson knew the stakes were high. Under a new Louisiana law, the third graders she taught this summer at J.B. Nachman Elementary School in Alexandria would have to pass a reading test or be ...

“This has been passed in at least 13 or so states, some of them now are trying to get rid of the retention law because of its ...

Just over 3,000 third graders were kept from advancing to the fourth grade in 2025 after being unable to pass the Indiana standardized reading test. Data released during the State Board of Education ...