When Mississippi reformed its reading curriculum in 2013, scores for the state’s elementary school students soared. Inspired by the “Mississippi miracle,” other Southern states followed suit. But the ...

Virginia is now the first state in a recent wave of reading legislation to require schools to offer dedicated support for struggling readers through 8th grade—an expansion of the state’s literacy law ...

Humans are hard-wired to appreciate stories, and there is a huge diversity of stories geared toward upper elementary and middle school students. However, interest in reading and learning often ...

Between kindergarten and second grade, much of the school day is dedicated to helping our youngest students master phonics, syllabication, and letter-sound correspondence–the essential building blocks ...

DANVILLE, Pa. — Danville Middle School Librarian Samantha Simatos is busy checking in library books. She has been on a mission to get more students into the school library in Montour County and for ...