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

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

The Legislature and governor budgeted $80 billion for schools but had few discussions on how to boost students' persistently low test scores.

When it comes to education, the Democratic candidates for mayor deserve a dunce cap and a failing grade, according to a new research study.

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

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

More students, however, are at risk of retention this year. A total of 6,470, or 11.6%, of Alabama third graders scored below ...

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 ...

That’s why it’s promising Michigan passed legislation last year to require a “science of reading” approach — a phonics-based reading curriculum — in kindergarten through 3rd grade.