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 ...

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

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 ...

As elected officials try to address low reading scores, one idea has bipartisan support: require teachers to take a specific ...

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 ...

What should an elementary reading block look like? For such a common part of the school day, it’s surprising to find that there’s no one right answer. More than 40 states have passed legislation ...

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 ...

Missouri House advances bills to screen K-3 students for reading problems, allow some third-graders to be held back, and cut repetitive teacher trainings at the session’s halfway point.

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