A total of 38 states have passed laws or policies about changing reading instruction, hoping to shape it in line with a collective body of knowledge and practice about how students learn to read. For ...

This is the first of two stories about how to support principals in the work of shifting how schools teach reading. Read about principals’ own learning trajectories in part 2. Nathaniel Messick ...

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Most people don’t remember when or even how they learned to read. It’s often just one of those things that happened, somehow, at some murky point in the past. But to succeed in life, every child must ...

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 ...

California’s largest teachers union has moved to put the brakes on legislation that mandates instruction, known as the “science of reading,” that spotlights phonics to teach children to read. The move ...

Educators around the country have embraced the “science of reading” in their classrooms, but that doesn’t mean there’s a truce in the reading wars. In fact, controversies are emerging about an ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio teachers seem to be getting on board with Gov. Mike DeWine’s shift in approach to literacy education. A recent survey found that 68% of Ohio early elementary teachers see the ...

January 29, 2026 - In 1985, Merryl Goldberg went to the Soviet Union and met The Phantom Orchestra. To help them she made up a secret code, hidden in sheet music. California’s largest teachers union ...