The education department has made over 200 classroom visits, and we have seen teachers delivering science-of-reading-based instruction through their lessons.

It is a research-based approach that experts say is essential for helping children — especially those who struggle — learn to read. Some teachers in Hickory Public Schools, where Viewmont Elementary ...

Premier is still training teachers in how to teach lessons based on the science of reading, Smyth said. Garrison Elementary School began changing its reading instruction in 2018-19.

Hillsboro kindergarten teacher Kandi Hess is one of about 2,500 Oregon teachers who have participated in the science of reading training since 2019.

There are many theories about the best way to teach reading: science of reading, whole language, balanced literacy. So what works best?

Textbooks had to be aligned with the science of reading; discussion and lecture had to include “explicit and repeated” instruction in the five components. And teachers needed to be able to display ...

The goal is for high school graduates to attain “reading levels ready for college.” The school has expected teachers to integrate literacy into their lessons since its 2007 founding.

Similarly, third through fifth graders participated in a three-year classroom study where instruction in reading and writing comprehension were woven into science lessons.

California’s largest teachers union has moved to put the brakes on legislation that mandates instruction, known as the “science of reading,” that spotlights phonics to teach children to read. The move ...