New York City’s District 5 public elementary schools, which include all schools in West Harlem, began to pilot a new mandatory reading curriculum program on Thursday as a part of the New York City ...

New York is requiring elementary schools to choose one of three literacy curricula, and the most popular choice fails to build the knowledge that fuels reading ...

Imagine walking into an elementary school classroom where the students don’t want to put down their books. With enthusiasm, excitement and sometimes even frustration, these young readers — “bookworms” ...

Teacher-librarian Kathy Goedeken checks fourth-grade curriculum books April 19 at West Willow Elementary School in Cedar Rapids. A new curriculum for elementary school students in the Cedar Rapids ...

In July, MPS adopted a district-wide literacy curriculum to replace the 17 reading programs and 13 reading assessments previously being used in all 184 schools. You can read the curriculum -- which ...

There are many factors that influence a child’s ability to read, and one of them is the literacy curriculum their teacher is using. As part of a new investigation into why so many Massachusetts ...

December 11, 2025 - A tiny school district in rural Merced County has invested heavily in school counseling. And UCLA researchers have recognized the results. At a time of rising interest nationwide ...

This article was originally published in Chalkbeat. All New York City middle schools will be required to use city-approved curriculums for reading and math by fall 2027, Mayor Eric Adams and ...

This story is a collaboration between EdSource and Berkeleyside, a nonprofit online newsroom covering the city of Berkeley. EdSource Reporter John Fensterwald contributed to this report. How kids are ...

Fed up parents, civil rights activists, newly awakened educators and lawmakers are crusading for “the science of reading.” Can they get results? Most children need systematic, sound-it-out instruction ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Natalie Wexler is an education writer focusing on literacy. The evidence is mounting that an elementary literacy curriculum called ...

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