School (s-k-oo-l) is overhauling how it teaches young students to read with new back-to-basics lessons on phonetic ...

The recent lawsuit filed by parents against literacy curricula developers is a reminder of the true meaning of the “reading wars." ...

Irene Fountas, Gay Su Pinnell, and the Reading and Writing Project and the board of trustees of Teachers College at Columbia University. The suit alleges “deceptive and fraudulent marketing and ...

Two decades ago, her guiding principles—that children learn best when they love reading ... the American duo Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell, and Calkins. The podcast devoted an entire episode ...

The district fully transitioned away from balanced literacy programs, including Fountas & Pinnell ... skill gaps and their grade-level expectations. These steps foster strong literacy outcomes and ...

Reading skills for eighth-graders hit their lowest level since testing began in 1992. Levels for fourth-graders were also ...

The Nation’s Report Card found the average reading scores for both fourth and eighth graders have dropped by two points since ...

"Every child doesn't learn the same. There's learning differences throughout the school system, and we need to address those ...

The Nation’s Report Card is sparking calls to action as dismal scores on reading and math show students across the country ...

returned to pre-pandemic levels. On a scale of 500, students scored an average 246 points, versus 242 points in 2022. But students still showed slight declines in fourth and eighth grade reading ...