This recent meta-analysis examined 59 studies of spelling interventions for students who had, or were at risk for, learning ...

U.S. employers and colleges are contending with more young people who are behind academically. Some are trying to make up ...

Music lessons improve reading by boosting sound awareness and helping children process speech more effectively.

City and school district leaders have raised the alarm over literacy and made it a focus this year. But what exactly does ...

Experts weigh how a linguistics-based approach, compared to the more recent "balanced literacy" methods, may increase ...

George Orwell once wrote that restating the obvious is the “first duty of intelligent people.” In that vein, allow us to ...

High school seniors had the worst reading scores since 1992 on a national test, a loss probably related to increases in screen time and the pandemic. Their math scores fell as well. By Dana Goldstein ...

Newly released data from a crucial national test revealed historically low scores in two major subjects for 12th graders across the country, further emphasizing that U.S. students have struggled to ...

High schoolers’ reading and math scores dropped to the lowest level in decades, along with declines in science scores from eighth graders, according to the National Assessment of Education Progress ...

Math and reading scores for U.S. high school seniors are plummeting, according to new federal data released on Tuesday. Reading skills in particular have suffered, with test results dropping to their ...