More than 730 students from 22 local school districts recently took part in the annual “Battle of the Books,” coordinated by the WSWHE BOCES School Library System.

Oklahoma lawmakers are debating a bill to retain struggling third-grade readers, aiming to boost the state's low literacy scores.

The “Mississippi Miracle” has been cited by governors, researchers, and education policy wonks across the country. North Carolina may be next, Andrew Dunn says.

Everywhere House Speaker Kyle Hilbert goes, the topic of childhood literacy follows. Hilbert, R-Bristow, said improving Oklahoma’s elementary reading scores is “top of the agenda for ...

In the vast majority of schools around the United States, the academic gap between the highest- and lowest-achieving students has grown significantly since 2005, according to a recently released ...

When Mississippi reformed its reading curriculum in 2013, scores for the state’s elementary school students soared. Inspired by the “Mississippi miracle,” other Southern states followed suit. But the ...