Fordham Institute and the RAND Corp., asked more than 1,200 K-3 teachers in the fall of 2025 about their perspectives on reading instruction, the practices they use in their classrooms, the training ...

There are a lot of things that have improved over the past 50 years, but are still far from perfect: Car safety. Solar power uptake. Scores of medical procedures. Add reading comprehension instruction ...

Like many high school chemistry teachers, Angie Hackman said she instructs students on atoms, matter and how they “influence the world around us.” But Hackman also has another responsibility: ...

Nearly a half century ago, a landmark study showed that teachers weren’t explicitly teaching reading comprehension. Once children learned how to read words, no one taught them how to make sense of the ...

On March 19, AEI’s Robert Pondiscio hosted a conversation with Doug Lemov of Teach Like a Champion, Mike Austin of Great Hearts Academies, and Kyair Butts of Baltimore City Public Schools about how ...

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Close reading is more than just paying attention to words on a page—it’s a deliberate, skillful way of unpacking a text’s meaning. By slowing down and examining language, form, and detail, you can ...

Angie Hackman teaches chemistry at Health Sciences High and Middle College in San Diego, where all teachers are required to integrate literacy instruction into their classes. Credit: Image provided by ...