Louisiana spends less per student than most of the country, yet its fourth graders are outperforming peers in nearly every other state. Data released Jan. 29 from the Urban Institute ranks Louisiana ...

Oregon students have made small gains in key subjects over the last year but are still lagging behind the proficiency levels of their peers before the pandemic. The latest results from statewide ...

The latest accountability grades were a modest step back for Mississippi’s public schools. The results don’t discount, however, a growing national perception that the state has generally been on the ...

Emily Scherer has been teaching fifth-grade English in Newport, Vermont, for nearly a decade. In this remote, poor corner of Vermont near the Canadian border, she’s always had some students arrive ...

There's nothing miraculous about a state, Mississippi, that adopts phonics and sets high standards for its kids getting better results in reading instruction.

The literacy crisis is urgent, but solvable. With public-private partnerships, science-based practices and a new generation of teachers trained at UB, change is possible. And with AI responsibly ...

Bediako, Oct.01, GNA – Madam Mabel Kyeraah Twum, the Intellectual School Quiz Mistress has stated that teaching Jolly Phonics at the preschool level, helps boost writing and reading skills in pupils.

Wisconsin Republicans introduced a slate of education reform bills ranging from school consolidation policies to prohibitions against drones flying over buildings in September. Two in particular stand ...

Research indicates that repetition and distributed practice are effective methods for strengthening memory and enhancing skill, learning potential, knowledge, and understanding.

Mississippi recognized its reading crisis and took action to solve it — proving to big-spending blue states like New York and California that illiteracy is a policy choice.

Without substantial reading skills, “the risk is that future generations will simply be unable to think as deeply and with as much complexity as in the past." ...

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