Illiteracy is a major problem in the United States. In 2024, 24% of adult Americans are illiterate. Over half of U.S. adults, 54%, read below a 6th-grade level. This is an incredibly concerning trend.

Frederick County is one of only a handful school systems to use learning science research to try to improve schools at scale.

Only 41% of Arizona third-graders read at grade level. “Arizona’s in a really, really devastating point,” one teacher says.

To grow as readers, kids’ reading material must evolve in complexity as they age. Vocabulary, sentence structures and plots ...

Wapakoneta Middle School recently held its annual Spelling Bee, with 25 students from 5th to 7th grade participating in a ...

Reviewing a set of informational essays, or an extended project in biology, could be the center of more grade-level planning ... her students are surprised at the vocabulary and level of precision ...

The second type of instruction, remediation, was directed at the older, reading-disabled child (second to sixth grade): Although ... fluency Vocabulary.the storage of word meanings and the ability ...

Going back in time is crucial for predicting the future. We struggle to overcome the legacy of apartheid’s unequal education system, and history continues to shape present-day challenges, from ...

Learning to read can become exponentially more difficult for older students and adults who have fallen behind, creating grave concerns as the number of individuals struggling with literacy into high ...

Two percent of students in the district received support for dyslexia last school year, the third-lowest rate among large ...

Integration of Smartphone as an Instructional Resource to Enhances the Teaching of English Grammar Skills The first finding revealed that the integration of Smartphone in teaching English grammar ...

The Epoch Times contacted Hartford Public Schools for a statement but didn’t receive a response. Recent state assessment ...