Topic: Literacy

Complex decoding challenges are hiding in plain sight and can prevent older readers from comprehending grade-level texts.

2024 LA Teacher of the Year Kylie Altier explores how why they became a teacher and how they support their students every day.

Policymakers and education leaders must adopt policies and practices that ensure all students learn to read and have access to high-quality, diverse, and culturally responsive literacy instruction

In Massachusetts, many students lack access to high-quality and culturally responsive reading instruction and materials, which has led to a literacy crisis that disproportionately impacts students from underserved communities.

Byron Johns, co-founder of the Black & Brown Coalition for Educational Equity and Excellence (BBC), speaks on education equity

The Campaign for Early Literacy, with more than 80 partners, promotes the science of reading for children in New York.

Here are 3 things advocates and education leaders are doing to improve equity in reading outcomes.

Early literacy in grade school begins with scientifically based reading instruction in teacher prep programs so students can be proficient readers.

Students are more engaged when they see people like themselves in school materials. Representation matters in teaching kids to read.