Years ago, I coached my 8-year-old son’s basketball team. A few games into the season, a parent berated me for not winning every game. I shared that I had two primary goals (and neither was piling up ...

It’s been a year since new initiatives got underway to help ensure Utah third graders are reading on grade level — and state officials are pointing to small gains. Lawmakers allocated $18.5 million, a ...

Heather Miller, a first grade teacher in Austin, Texas, works with a small group of students in her classroom on reading skills. Credit: Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers ...

American students are failing to meet certain expectations on their reading skills due to school interruptions caused by the pandemic. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, kindergartners missed most of the ...

In this second of a two-part post, I collaborate with co-author Dr. Molly Ness of Fordham University to show how analysis of writing in children as young as kindergarten shows evidence of foundational ...

Michael Crowder stands nervously at the front of his third grade classroom, his mustard-yellow polo shirt buttoned to the top. “Give us some vowels,” says his teacher, La’Neeka Gilbert-Jackson. His ...

Alabama’s public elementary and middle school students are taking annual standardized tests this month, and for third graders, the reading portion is extremely important. This is the first school year ...