The new standards call on middle school and high school teachers to build on the science of reading taught in elementary schools.

The goal is to make the reading scores on the National Association of Educational Progress — sometimes referred to as “the nation’s report card” — go from near the bottom to within the country’s top ...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine visited Northridge Schools Thursday to see the results of implementing the science of reading in the district. Under the governor’s current budget plan, all schools would be ...

Too many of California’s children cannot read. Schools must do things differently to change that, and they should start with the “science of reading,” an evidence-based approach backed by the governor ...

Only about one-third of elementary school students in the U.S. are reading at grade level, according to the recent National Assessment of Educational Progress. In response, many schools are rethinking ...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine wants all school districts in Ohio to adopt a reading curriculum based in science and is making that idea one of his top priorities in his budget proposal. “Sadly, many Ohio ...

Success For All, a teaching approach using the science of reading, could expand to 150 more schools in the next three years with the help of $13.5 million in grants from an anonymous donor. Success ...

Steve Grineski writes: "Every day local staff teach students to decode words, understand meaning and develop a love for ...

Editor's note: With low reading proficiency scores across the state, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin is exploring the causes and consequences of low literacy. This article is part of the By the Book ...

Almost 1 in 4 students are enrolled in a dual-language, Spanish-English program in the Southside schools in San Antonio. So when the district embraced the “science of reading,” it prioritized figuring ...

Mississippi is the poorest state in the nation, and it ranks nearly last in K-12 school spending and per-pupil funding. Years ago, the state’s reading scores reflected those challenges. But not ...