LETTER: Reading is fundamental When kids graduate from high school nowadays — if they graduate — they read at about a third-grade level and comprehension. More Stories ...

Nearly a quarter of third graders did not pass the state’s reading test on their first try. Many are now in summer school, ...

Summer Reading Challenge from second lady Usha Vance encourages children to read, aiming to improve kids' literacy rates as well as their emotional well-being.

On July 10, an article was published with data showing that half of Louisiana's third-graders are not reading at grade level. This is not a new finding, but it is one that is getting more attention.

Montgomery County advocacy groups and afterschool service providers say they have noticed a troubling trend: Students of color were not reading on grade level, but their parents had no idea ...

Berg: Educators teach skills that every student in the room is ready for. There’s no guessing and no watering down ...

On July 10, an article was published with data showing that half of Louisiana's third-graders are not reading at grade level. This is not a new finding, but it is one that is getting more attention.

Require every teacher, regardless of grade level or content area, to receive evidence-based training in the science of ...

For the past three springs — in 2022, 2023 and 2024 — 23% of DPS K-3 students were reading significantly below grade level, up from 16% in the spring of 2019, according to district data.

Adjusted for the cost of living, Mississippi schools consistently spent thousands of dollars less per student than Kansas schools.

If districts are required to purchase one of these off-the-shelf programs, your children will sit in front of screens, each reading the same “grade level” excerpts from online textbooks ...

Act 602 requires ballot titles be at no higher than an eighth grade reading level. That’s determined by running text through the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level Readability Test, designed by the Navy ...