Fordham Institute and the RAND Corp., asked more than 1,200 K-3 teachers in the fall of 2025 about their perspectives on reading instruction, the practices they use in their classrooms, the training ...

Across the country, educators, parents, and communities are rallying around evidence-based literacy practices to close reading gaps. From the science of reading strategies in classrooms to citywide ...

Success For All, a science of reading-based program spotlighted in the “Sold a Story” podcast, may expand to 150 more schools in the next three years with the help of $13.5 million in grants from an ...

Taking a Master’s in Reading Literacy Education or in Teaching Reading offers significant professional, pedagogical, and ...

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the ...

Across the U.S., schools are rethinking how they teach reading, guided by decades of research known as the science of reading. This movement emphasizes explicit, systematic phonics instruction, ...

Two years ago, KET visited Hancock County Schools to learn more about their success with the Science of Reading. We followed up with them recently to see how they're building on that progress. More of ...

Lake Erie College in Painesville has officially renamed its Mastery of Literacy program to the Master of Reading Science, reflecting the college’s full alignment with the Science of Reading and Ohio’s ...

Seeing a child curled up with a book as they independently learn to read the words and find the meaning in a story is a heartwarming image. We have been taught that learning to read is akin to ...

The science of reading is having a moment. Pundits are trumpeting the Southern Surge and celebrating academic outcomes in (gasp!) Mississippi and Louisiana. Outlets like the New York Times and ...