The 80 hours of science of reading training Indiana has mandated for teachers, criticized by some educators as too long and unnecessary, is more than many states, but fewer than others. Indiana, like ...

States are making important moves to improve the way reading is taught in their schools, but the choices leaders face aren’t easy. Many are wrestling with new literacy legislation that responds to ...

“I love reading. Reading is really the reason I became a teacher,” Walker said. “But … I learned how to read fairly quickly and easily and I never understood how to teach it to kids, and I felt really ...

Only about half of the DeKalb County teachers who signed up for a rigorous training on how to teach reading have completed the training, district officials told the school board this week. ExploreMore ...

Science of reading emphasizes phonics and the rules of the English language. A new law requires schools to align their reading curricula with science of reading. New state training aims to teach ...

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 ...

While most New York educators enthusiastically support the science of reading, few report using it as their primary approach to literacy instruction, according to a new statewide survey conducted by ...

LEWISPORT, Ky. — Hundreds of elementary school teachers across Kentucky entered their classrooms this school year poised to teach reading with a method now under national scrutiny — and, according to ...