LIMA — Thirty-six percent of third-graders at Lima schools earned proficient reading scores on their state English language arts assessment last school year. Almost the entire class advanced to the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -A new Ohio Department of Education report showed 46 districts and 104 charter schools were required to submit reading improvement plans last year due to low test scores in early grades ...

California has a state-level crisis in teaching reading. It poses an existential threat to our economy, to social justice, and to our democracy itself. Patchwork solutions won’t fix it – we need a ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Gov. Eric Holcomb on Monday said fixing Indiana’s reading proficiency shortcomings is critical to the state’s long-term success. Barely three hours before lawmakers began the ...

Better late than never, New York state has stirred itself to change the way reading is taught in its 800-plus local school districts. Last month, Governor Kathy Hochul announced a plan to spend (an ...

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 ...