Lauri Francis asks her 8th graders which terms they don’t understand in the paragraph their classmates just read aloud. “Blind spot,” one says. Ms. Francis writes the two words on the blackboard.

A new report from the What Works Clearinghouse questions the effectiveness of a longstanding, widely used reading program, developed by McGraw-Hill, for students with learning disabilities. In a ...

Small-group reading instruction, especially when paired with programs like Open Court Reading, can transform literacy development. By combining targeted lessons with decodable texts, structured ...