When students reflect on their reason for engaging with a text, they can develop a stronger understanding of it.

Fordham Institute and the RAND Corp., asked more than 1,200 K-3 teachers in the fall of 2025 about their perspectives on reading instruction, the practices they use in their classrooms, the training ...

If we must talk about those test results, let’s stop dressing them up as something larger and more important than they truly ...

Nearly a half century ago, a landmark study showed that teachers weren’t explicitly teaching reading comprehension. Once children learned how to read words, no one taught them how to make sense of the ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Nearly a half ...

Millions–probably billions–of dollars invested. Not to mention the blood, sweat, and tears of hundreds of thousands of teachers. And yet, we are facing yet another heartbreaking report on student ...

Students at College Park Elementary are turning the page on the harmful impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fifth-grader Calvin ...

To the editor: In 1970, I was a student teacher and then a second-grade teacher in New York. I later became a learning and reading specialist and taught the teachers. Throughout my training, I learned ...

Some high school teachers and college professors have been ringing alarm bells about what they see as a troubling trend in ...

A new national survey finds most English teachers assign entire novels. But students in higher-poverty schools are less ...