A student works on a classroom project in Rehobeth Elementary in Houston County, Alabama, on Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. Credit: Alaina Deshazo for AL.com. The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Gov. Eric Holcomb on Monday said fixing Indiana’s reading proficiency shortcomings is critical to the state’s long-term success. Barely three hours before lawmakers began the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -A new Ohio Department of Education report showed 46 districts and 104 charter schools were required to submit reading improvement plans last year due to low test scores in early grades ...

Many schools and districts face the challenge of supporting large numbers of students who need reading intervention but lack enough resources to meet their needs. How can districts scale ...

But adapting a state’s reading law for older students isn’t as simple as changing existing language from “K-3" to “K-8,” said Kymyona Burke, a senior policy fellow at ExcelinEd, who previously served ...

LIMA — Thirty-six percent of third-graders at Lima schools earned proficient reading scores on their state English language arts assessment last school year. Almost the entire class advanced to the ...

A popular literacy program that LAUSD superintendent Alberto Carvalho proposed significantly altering will get a one-year reprieve, with specialist positions off the budgetary chopping block. Part of ...

The Alabama Board of Education is set to raise expectations for third graders by gradually increasing a benchmark on the state’s high-stakes reading test. Currently, educators decide whether or not a ...

Iowa’s reading proficiency scores jumped nearly 11 percent after the state implemented the “Science of Reading Act” signed ...