Nearly a half century ago, a landmark study showed that teachers weren’t explicitly teaching reading comprehension. Once children learned how to read words, no one taught them how to make sense of the ...

Reading aloud can be much more than just a classroom chore; it can spark learning, bravery, and fun in any setting. Engaging ...

Comprehensive literacy framework that identifies the specific factors that affect overall literacy and oracy, with an emphasis on applying these factors to effective reading comprehension instruction ...

The idea that the “science” in reading instruction only supports phonics instruction has been “hard to dislodge,” said Maria ...

The original proposal would have mandated phonics instruction in K-12 classrooms. The latest version makes that optional.

Developing a novel approach to integrating foundational skills, comprehension and writing instruction within the context of authentic informational text reading to improve fourth- and fifth-grade ...

Educators across the country are doubling down on reading instruction – driven by national curriculum changes and renewed ...

instruction of the five pillars of reading — phonemic awareness, fluency, phonics, vocabulary, and comprehension — on top of foundational oral language development. This approach is grounded ...

aligning them with a once-abandoned instructional approach in hopes of improving students’ reading comprehension. The revision follows a global debate — often called the “reading wars ...