Across the country, teachers are navigating the impact of the “science of reading” laws, which mandate using curricula and methods deemed consistent with scientific findings about reading and ...

WATERVLIET, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled her “Back to Basics” reading plan and the $10 million in teacher training to go along with it Wednesday morning at Watervliet Elementary School. The plan ...

For many, the “science of reading” has become synonymous with phonics instruction. Politicians on both sides of the aisle have said the movement to align reading instruction with what the research ...

In addition to funding clean energy, gun violence prevention and housing, New York's state budget addresses a top concern in education: students' low reading scores. Gov. Kathy Hochul pushed for ...

New York's youngest students may soon see a renewed focus on phonics, as the pendulum in the age-old debate over how to teach reading swings toward the so-called "science of reading." Gov. Kathy ...

Better late than never, New York state has stirred itself to change the way reading is taught in its 800-plus local school districts. Last month, Governor Kathy Hochul announced a plan to spend (an ...

New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) has officially opened statewide enrollment for its Science of Reading program, following overwhelmingly positive feedback from educators who participated in the ...

Amid our bruising political debates, one goal that can unite us is providing all students with a great education. Achieving this ambitious goal begins in the earliest grades, a time when children must ...

Strange that it took a lawsuit to show California a better way to teach students to read. And now that a Stanford University study has confirmed the value of the so-called science of reading in a ...

Andrea Asuaje is a senior radio producer with “Under the Radar with Callie Crossley.” Prior to her work at GBH, she was a senior producer and show runner at Rococo Punch; and a reporter, producer and ...