The science of reading is having a moment. Pundits are trumpeting the Southern Surge and celebrating academic outcomes in (gasp!) Mississippi and Louisiana. Outlets like the New York Times and ...

Take, for example, the rule of doubling the letters f, l, s, and z when they come after a short vowel in a one-syllable word, such as “stuff”—this is essentially a spelling rule and nothing more. Most ...

Mayor Eric Adams’ shakeup to elementary school reading curriculums had a clear goal: to align instruction with the “science of reading,” the catchphrase for a longstanding body of research. A free ...

You write that the Golden State is “jumping on the caboose” of the pro-phonics movement in reading instruction (“California Learns From Mississippi,” Review & Outlook, Sept. 27). Yet nearly 30 years ...

There’s no easy shortcut to raising reading scores, a panel of experts told lawmakers during a congressional hearing on the “science of reading” on Tuesday. As the movement to align literacy ...

In her State of the State Address, Gov. Gretch Whitmer led with education as a key initiative for 2026 and beyond.