EdSource · A University of California in the heart of farm country aims to attract more students Controversies over how best to teach children to read go back many years. Most recently, two questions ...

Kentucky's Read to Succeed Act, implemented three years ago, aims to improve reading scores through high-quality instruction. A new Kentucky Reading Research Center at the University of Louisville is ...

It’s been a big year for reading instruction. States have passed—or begun enacting—laws requiring evidence-based teaching for early learners. Hundreds of thousands of teachers have gone through new ...

Corrected: This story has been updated to note that the cancellation of contracts to develop U.S. Department of Education’s What Works Clearinghouse practice guides affected at least two guides that ...

Nearly two years after lawmakers stripped funding from the University of Kentucky for its statewide reading research center, a new center will open in Louisville, backed by a $6 million grant. The ...

EdSource · John Fensterwald on what’s at stake for California schools in the 2026 election John Fensterwald on what’s at stake for California schools in the 2026 election April 16, 2026 - EdSource ...

An effort to overhaul how children learn to read, known as the science of reading movement, is sweeping the country. Here’s where it stands. By Dana Goldstein During an era of intense politicization ...

More than 20 years ago, the federal government released a review of decades of reading research whose findings should have charted a path toward better instruction and higher reading levels. Based on ...

Science has evolved in reading research, especially in the areas of developmental psychology and neuroscience. Recent reports in refereed scientific journals have focused on multidisciplinary ...