Nearly a half century ago, a landmark study showed that teachers weren’t explicitly teaching reading comprehension. Once children learned how to read words, no one taught them how to make sense of the ...

Educators are rethinking how reading should be taught in schools. New research has highlighted flaws in decades-old methods. As a result, dozens of states have passed laws or implemented new policies ...

Editor’s Note: Click on the words highlighted in this story to pull up a definition and short research summary. Jackie Chaney, an elementary teacher for the past 16 years, currently presides over a ...