Four school districts in major urban areas using the science of reading found while students are grasping basic literacy ...

January 22, 2026 - Fausto Lopez finished high school, got an associate degree and applied to attend a four-year college - all while inside juvenile detention. But an in-depth look at the science ...

The Michigan Department of Education called for districts to be required to use literacy programs from a state-approved list.

Learning is a lifelong process, and everyone has the potential to learn, but individual capacities, experiences and access to resources influence the nature, pace and effectiveness of that learning.

Long before the federal government intruded on the already wavering trust in science, the field of K-12 science education was in trouble. Proper teacher training, the deprofessionalization of ...

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Corrected, May 23, 2024: An earlier version of this article erroneously presented synthetic phonics and the science of reading as synonymous terms. The headline and body copy have been updated to ...

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We know more today about how humans learn than ever before, so why do most classrooms still look like they did a century ago? Decades of research in cognitive science, neuroscience and educational ...