Timothy Tinker was a book I remember reading over and over as a child. Timothy had an oilcan, which most children today would not even recognize. Timothy went around his home and neighborhood adding a ...

The chant came from Carrie Johnson’s kindergarten classroom as she sounded out the day’s lesson on the letter “J.” Moments earlier, she’d sent students on a “J” treasure hunt, asking them to find the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio students who were held back from fourth grade due to a state law requiring struggling readers to repeat third grade performed better on English language arts in fourth through ...

Want more state education news? Sign up for The Alabama Education Lab’s free, weekly newsletter, Ed Chat. We may think reading happens automatically, but it isn’t magic. If you live in Alabama, you ...

Diamond, a third grader in Jefferson Parish, does a timed reading exercise with her summer school teacher, Emily Gurtner. Emily Gurtner sits at a small table in the corner of her third-grade classroom ...

Philadelphia spent $25 million overhauling its reading curriculum. But after the first year of implementation, its reading ...

As the coronavirus pandemic ravaged communities and shuttered schools, many educators and parents worried about kindergarteners who were learning online. That concern now appears well-founded as we’re ...

New data shows 87.3% of Hoosier third graders demonstrated proficient reading skills on the IREAD exam in 2024-25. (Getty Images) Indiana’s latest reading assessment scores showed the largest ...