Recently, I worked with a group of elementary teachers in Iowa to select new reading textbooks and software. They wanted new materials to improve their district’s stagnant reading scores. After ...

Shawn Datchuk is an associate professor of special education at the University of Iowa. This essay is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Recently, I worked with a ...

After decades of stagnating reading performance, American literacy levels have begun to drop, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a program of the Department of Education.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Recently, I worked with a group of elementary teachers in Iowa to ...