“If you are just able to decode the words, but you don’t have the context to understand them, you’re not getting to that effective, efficient, purposeful reading for meaning,” explains Dr. Molly Ness, ...

For many, the “science of reading” has become synonymous with phonics instruction. Politicians on both sides of the aisle have said the movement to align reading instruction with what the research ...

Advocates for the science of reading need to expand their view of the science and push for the adoption of curricula that incorporate it. Opponents and even advocates of the “science of reading” often ...

New York's youngest students may soon see a renewed focus on phonics, as the pendulum in the age-old debate over how to teach reading swings toward the so-called "science of reading." Gov. Kathy ...

Technology News & Innovation in K-12 Education Most Parents Think Teachers Are Fully Prepared to Deliver Science of Reading-Aligned Instruction; Educators Are Less Optimistic eSchool News Staff ...

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library sends free books in the mail to young children. Educator preparation programs in Pennsylvania are adjusting the way they teach reading to meet new, statewide ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. California’s largest teachers union has moved to put the brakes on legislation that ...

Just in the nick of time for the last days of summer beach reading, there were a pair of big stories about reading instruction in TIME magazine and The New Yorker last month. That’s about as ...

Two groups have aimed to find consensus in one contested area of the ongoing reading wars: what the “science of reading” should look like for English learners. In a statement released in October, The ...

Nearly a half century ago, a landmark study showed that teachers weren’t explicitly teaching reading comprehension. Once ...

Digital platforms can help make reading aloud independently more engaging and get kids excited about literacy practice.