Walking into Windsor Park elementary in Corpus Christi, Texas, it’s hard to miss the mass of bright, colorful paper balloons taped on the wall, displaying photos of dozens of children who have read ...
When Mississippi reformed its reading curriculum in 2013, scores for the state’s elementary school students soared. Inspired by the “Mississippi miracle,” other Southern states followed suit. But the ...
Get kids reading fluently. As much as you can. Have them read and write about books. That, more or less, is the key to ...
When Mississippi reformed its reading curriculum in 2013, scores for the state’s elementary school students soared. Inspired by the “Mississippi miracle,” other Southern states followed suit. But the ...
The United States has been showing a decline in literacy rates for the past few years. In 2022, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reported that from 2020 to 2022, the average reading ...
Tests show nearly 40% of fourth graders can’t read at a basic level in the U.S., a nation where 1 in 5 adults is now ...
Last September, Savannah-Chatham County public schools tried out an intensive new tutoring program to help struggling readers catch up before state reading tests at the end of 3rd grade. By winter, ...
Blumenthal (center) at St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church on Saturday. Credit: Allan Appel Photo U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal — one of Congress’s most dedicated supporters of aid to ...
Alabama’s 2022 law reshaped math instruction at the elementary level by providing money for all schools to hire math coaches ...