One in five Americans is functionally illiterate, which affects not only the individual's ability to get ahead but the ...

Massachusetts is moving toward statewide phonics-based reading instruction, requiring state-approved curricula. Marlborough Public Schools officials say they have already adopted a structured literacy ...

A new state law will require districts to update literacy curricula for grades K-4 to align with research on how to teach ...

In early 2026, a small group of first-grade students at Lucy Wortham James Elementary School in St. James, Missouri, sat ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) recently named Just Right Reader’s decodable books for grades K-2 as approved instructional materials for both English and Spanish phonics ...