Students have been lagging behind the state’s expectations and national norms for years, even as spending has climbed.

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Increased enrollment and improved literacy rates highlight cooperative efforts at Heart of the Lakes Elementary.

Roughly 70% of elementary school students in Berlin aren’t reading at their grade level. Some teachers are saying that’s ...

The man told store employees that he already had mortar explosives with him and was planning to use them during the protests ...

Carmela Calderon Ching is an elementary specialist at Pasadena Unified School District, focusing on literacy. She is a ...

Nearly 6 in 10 third graders scored below grade level on California’s reading tests during most of the last decade.

Let’s do it!” That was Alexis Johnson’s reaction when she saw professional learning opportunities focused on computational ...

A bill asking educators to adopt the "science of reading" emphasizes phonics. Will enough California teachers respond?

Those concepts are phonics (the relationship between letters and sounds); phonemic awareness (the ability to distinguish a language's sounds from one another); fluency (the ability to read quickly ...

The compromise between English learner advocates and those who back the so-called “science of reading” or “evidence-based” approach provides funding and support for phonics-focused ...

The battle over the best way to teach children how to read has re-erupted in the California Legislature, as dueling factions haggle over a bill that would mandate a phonics-based style of reading ...