Reading rates in LAUSD schools with the onset of the coronavirus, and Los Angeles students have yet to fully recover. Just 43.1% of LA Unified students met state proficiency targets in reading in the ...

New data show that many educators report that middle and high school students struggle with aspects of foundational literacy.

(The Hill) — Learning to read can become exponentially more difficult for older students and adults who have fallen behind, creating grave concerns as the number of individuals struggling with ...

Nicholas Dames has taught Literature Humanities, Columbia University’s required great-books course, since 1998. He loves the job, but it has changed. Over the past decade, students have become ...

Two high school graduates who say they can't read or write are suing their respective public school systems, arguing they were not given the free public education to which they are entitled. Cornell ...

Jeffrey S. Solochek is an education reporter covering K-12 education policy and schools. Reach him at jsolochek@tampabay.com. Anyone can view a sampling of recent comments, but you must be a Times ...

Reading is the buzzword of 2025 in the Fort Worth school district, with good reason. After years of students struggling to read at grade level, district, city and county officials have doubled down on ...