EdSource · The John Fensterwald forecast: What’s coming for California schools in 2026 The John Fensterwald forecast: What’s coming for California schools in 2026 January 8, 2026 - It's time for John ...

By Ellen Gelman Imagine being a high school student sitting in a room where everyone around you seems to understand texts ...

For typically developing readers, fluency—or the ability to read with speed, accuracy, and expression—is often simply a product of practice. Having mastered the letter sounds, decoding rules, and a ...

The science of reading has made a much-needed comeback in recent years, with several states enacting policies for educators training on it. However, fluency practice doesn’t have to occur only at ...

I am surprised to see how sensitive the authors of Reading First are to criticism (“Countering ‘Reading First’ Critics,” Letters, Feb. 4, 2009). After all, I am not the only person to observe that the ...

Over three-quarters of a Baltimore high school’s students are reading at an elementary level, a teacher at the school says. The last available edition of the Nation’s Report Card, released in 2019 ...

In this second of a two-part post, I collaborate with co-author Dr. Molly Ness of Fordham University to show how analysis of writing in children as young as kindergarten shows evidence of foundational ...