Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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 Michigan Department of Education wants all K-5 teachers to go through a training called LETRS. Waterford Public Schools ...

Allentown sixth-graders are experimenting with an artificial-intelligence-powered program that one student called “basically a teacher online,” and educators themselves say helps them provide timely ...

In Raymond Elementary School’s pre-kindergarten classroom, boys and girls huddled together on a rug with their teacher to learn a foundational skill for reading and spelling: how to pull apart and put ...

Like many districts, the Marietta school district in Georgia has spent the past five years focused on improving literacy achievement for its youngest students, intent on making sure kids leave ...

Nearly a year ago, when Education Week hosted an online conference about adolescent literacy across the content areas, we got a lot of interested and enthusiastic responses from participants. But we ...

Following years of failing reading scores and an influx of COVID-19 pandemic federal funding, the Philadelphia School ...

Literacy rates in the United States have been declining for over a decade, with the COVID-19 pandemic worsening the trend. Experts suggest that language development begins in utero and that reading to ...