Class Disrupted is an education podcast featuring author Michael Horn and Futre’s Diane Tavenner in conversation with educators, school leaders, students and other members of school communities as ...

Worried your child would rather scroll than read? Here's what actually builds a reading habit — and what quietly kills it.

I'm the baby and kids gear writer, a mom to three and former teacher. As a former English teacher with a background in literacy education, I’ve seen how imperative it is that kids have a solid reading ...

Reading is one of the fundamentals of early education, but it’s also something millions of American kids struggle with. Forty percent of fourth graders have “below basic” reading skills—the worst ...

Can educational TV help children learn to read? Discover what experts and scientific research say about screen time and early literacy.

Julie Highsmith remembers how hard it used to be to find stories her kindergarteners could use for reading practice. The phonics program she uses at her school in Florida’s Palm Beach County district ...

Average reading scores for fourth-grade students in 2024 dropped two points since 2022 and five points since 2019, as measured by the so-called nation’s report card. But according to a recent talk at ...

For decades, Congress has largely waited for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act before making sweeping changes to federal education policy. That restraint now appears to ...

Reading allows children to live in a vibrant world, surrounded by fairies, elves and talking animals, transporting them to places where the impossible becomes real. But reading for pleasure also helps ...