The Education Secretary will set out the core tenets of the Government’s forthcoming Schools White Paper in a speech to a ...

America’s kids aren’t learning how to read, a skill which forms the building blocks of nearly every other subject or discipline and a lifelong capacity for acquiring knowledge. That’s why it’s ...

The chancellor of New York City Schools, David C. Banks, announced a dramatic overhaul of the city’s reading curricula on Tuesday. He admitted that the current system, which is based on progressive ...

A lovely aphorism holds that education isn’t the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire. But too often, neither are pails filled nor fires lit. One of the most bearish statistics for the future ...

At a minimum, schools should teach children to read. But for years California’s elementary schools have been failing many of them. The results are so obvious even those who struggle to read can see ...

Education Secretary Damian Hinds reveals a new phonics roadshow that will aid a thousand teachers to boost their skills PRIMARY school kids will benefit from a reading and writing “blitz” to drive up ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Natalie Wexler is an education writer focusing on literacy. For decades, there’s been an overwhelming scientific consensus on the ...

The Department of Education and so-called educational toy companies need to leave our children alone and give them time to just be kids Childhood is relatively fleeting in 21st century Britain, ...