Most U.S. students will be back in class tomorrow -- it's mid-August! -- and only 15 percent will start the school year after Labor Day. ...

Spending more on special ed doesn't lead to better outcomes. Teaching reading well does.

Once upon a time, the teenage girls in Judy Blume's stories were "excited to grow up," writes Kat Rosenfield on The Free Press. Starting...

Monogamy is "outdated," Troubled author Rob Henderson's Yale classmate told him. She's been raised in a stable, two-parent family and...

Boys might read more if they were introduced to classic books with male heroes.

Colleges have politicized the humanities, leaving graduates feeling cheated of a liberal arts education.

Teaching students about religion is fine in public schools, writes Natalie Wexler. "Inculcating specific religious beliefs" is not....

Parents don't want drag queens or books that feature sex toys in school libraries.

Texas will add Bible stories and religious history to its K-5 reading curriculum.

Once students have learned phonics, what's next? Reading comprehension relies on a blend of decoding, vocabulary and general knowledge,...

Students who don't learn to decode quickly and automatically do not improve their reading comprehension.

Perhaps college students can't read long or complex texts because they didn't read many books in middle and high school, suggests...

Many college students don't do the work -- perhaps because they have trouble reading and understanding college-level texts.

The Rabbit Hole, a children's literature museum in Kansas City, sounds like a wonderful place. Children can explore "scenes from beloved...

Students taught a structured, knowledge-rich curriculum starting in kindergarten earned higher reading, math and science scores in third...

After a long battle to persuade educators they need to teach phonics, systematically and explicitly, the science of reading has moved on...

Help struggling readers starting in kindergarten, says Tennessee's school board in a resolution. If they need more time to...

English teachers at Oakland's College Preparatory School, one of the most expensive private schools in California, have "let go" of...

Adam Kotsko, who teaches humanities at a small liberal arts college, finds that even his best students are unprepared to read and...

College students have trouble reading anything long or complex, complains Adam Kotsko, in Slate. He's taught humanities classes in small...