In my columns, I often emphasize the importance of reading. Some of you have told me that I’m too tough on students. Others say that I’m exaggerating, that things can’t possibly be this bad. If you ...

A viral video shows Philadelphia high school students struggling to read and comprehend a complex sentence. The student who posted the video was reportedly threatened with punishment by school ...

We have a national reading problem in the U.S. The widespread lament over the further decline in children’s reading scores underscores the failure of our country’s public schools, but the predicament ...

Nearly a year ago, when Education Week hosted an online conference about adolescent literacy across the content areas, we got a lot of interested and enthusiastic responses from participants. But we ...

We can’t fix reading one budget year at a time. I’ve spent enough time around the Capitol to know this: Most people who serve there really do want to fix problems. They may disagree on how — and, ...

Source: Aaliyah Williams During this Black History Month, let us attend for a moment to the reading achievement gap, as it affects all of us regardless of race. Here's why. Lack of literacy is linked ...