As ubiquitous as colored pencils and alphabet posters, lists of “sight words” have long been a fixture in kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms. These inventories identify some of the most commonly ...

Seeing a child curled up with a book as they independently learn to read the words and find the meaning in a story is a heartwarming image. We have been taught that learning to read is akin to ...

With the new school year now rolling, teachers and school leaders are likely being hit with a hard truth: Many students are not proficient in reading. This, of course, presents challenges for students ...

The Missing Link Mark Seidenberg touched on what’s missing in an interview entitled “The Ignored Science That Could Help Close the Achievement Gap” in The Atlantic (Glatter, 2016). He’s quoted as ...

Recently, two Massachusetts families filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit targeting publishers and authors of literacy curricula. The families seek class action status for Massachusetts students who were ...