The Educational Service Center of the Western Reserve (ESCWR) has selected Footsteps2Brilliance® as a strategic partner ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.

When the National Assessment of Educational Progress, often called the Nation’s Report Card, was released last year, the results were sobering. Despite increased funding streams and growing momentum ...

For some young children in Columbus, Ohio, reading assessments don’t start in the kindergarten classroom — they happen first in the doctor’s office.

OKLAHOMA — State Supt. Ryan Walters announced assessment and learning platforms will be available in kindergarten through fifth grade classrooms. Walters said Amira Statewide Screening and Assessment ...

" The Challenge of Literacy Moving Forward While we are struggling to address the literacy challenges in general here in the U.S., we have a growing new literacy development that can help benefit ...

The conversation around literacy instruction has reached a turning point. After decades of debate, we’re finally seeing a broad consensus around evidence-based practices–but the challenge now is ...

No one expected spell-check technology to create a spelling and literacy crisis. But the reality is that using spell-check, autocorrect, ChatGPT, and other tech tools may diminish a child’s literacy ...

In 2025, NSTDA’s Bridging Literacy Gaps programme won the UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize for promoting equitable literacy for their accessible digital platform for Thai students with disabilities.