Fordham Institute and the RAND Corp., asked more than 1,200 K-3 teachers in the fall of 2025 about their perspectives on reading instruction, the practices they use in their classrooms, the training ...

Over the past few years, some states have spent millions of dollars and passed new laws in an attempt to shift the way that schools teach kids how to read. These efforts take aim at commonly used ...

The joint statement makes it clear that English learners need explicit instruction in phonics, vocabulary and comprehension, and that they also need to have instruction in oral language development — ...

Stockbridge Community Schools in Michigan has fully adopted a science-of-reading approach, emphasizing phonics in early grades before expanding to comprehension and vocabulary skills. Supported by ...