As states pass laws requiring schools to follow the “science of reading,” one aspect of these policies has stirred up particular controversy: Holding back struggling readers who don’t reach ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) took up a pair of controversial proposed policies on Tuesday that, if approved, will reshape lesson plans and classroom materials for Texas' ...

Diamond, a third grader in Jefferson Parish, does a timed reading exercise with her summer school teacher, Emily Gurtner. Emily Gurtner sits at a small table in the corner of her third-grade classroom ...

The State Board of Education spent this week hashing out what an overhaul of social studies would look like. The new curriculum will downplay world cultures and focus on Texas and the United States.