On April 9, AEI’s Robert Pondiscio hosted a panel on the decoding threshold, a key but little-known indicator for elementary and middle school students’ reading ability. The panel featured a ...

Institute of Reading Development announces an online tutoring solution proven to boost K--5 reading skills and confidence. PETALUMA, Calif., Nov. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- America's reading crisis is ...

Helping students learn to read is usually the job of early elementary educators. But teachers of older children—who report that nearly half of their students have difficulty reading—say they need more ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Over 30% of U.S. students in their last year of high school lack basic reading skills, the lowest performance in over three decades, according to test results released on Tuesday ...

Each weekday at W.G. Pearson Elementary School kicks off with more than two hours of reading instruction and activities. Pupils in kindergarten through 5th grade begin with basic word skills, work on ...

Every March since 1998, the National Education Association has used its Read Across America initiative to promote literacy and encourage a love of reading among children. It’s a wonderful program that ...

They were the kids most disrupted by the pandemic, the ones who were still learning to write their names and tie their shoes when schools shut down in the spring of 2020. Now, they’re the big kids at ...