The Hechinger Report

‘The Reading Year’: First grade is critical for reading skills, but kids coming from disrupted kindergarten experiences are way behind

Heather Miller, a first grade teacher in Austin, Texas, works with a small group of students in her classroom on reading skills. Credit: Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers ...
Taunton Daily Gazette

Taunton launches free early literacy tutoring for first-graders

All of the Taunton Public School district's elementary schools will launch a new early literacy tutoring program targeting first-grade students. The program is a partnership with the Massachusetts ...
Raleigh News & Observer

Young NC students are now ahead of the nation in reading proficiency after pandemic

Kindergarten students at Scotts Ridge Elementary in Apex get a lesson from teacher Holly Berk on March 7, 2022. Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com North Carolina lawmakers received some encouraging ...
Education Week

Students Entering 1st Grade With Better Reading Skills Than Previously, Study Says

Students are coming into 1st grade with stronger reading skills than they used to, according to a 12-year study from the Ohio State University. Struggling readers in particular have made steep gains ...
KTBS

Skill over scores: Caddo Schools push first grade reading rule, new AI policies

SHREVEPORT, La. - Caddo Parish is drawing a line in the sand -- this school year, what students know may matter more than what they score on tests. Caddo Parish School Board members recently advanced ...
EdSurge

Reading Skills Are in Sharp Decline. Rescuing Them Won't be Easy.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — It’s nearly 5 p.m. on a Friday, and Dolores S. Perez is hard at work in the Brownsville Public Library. She’s also one of the people having the most fun. Parsing education data ...