The failure to teach California’s three million low-income students to be effective readers is the ultimate existential threat — it undercuts our goals for our economy, social justice, and democracy ...

California is moving closer to eliminating the unpopular Reading Instruction Competence Assessment for teachers and replacing it with a performance assessment based on a new set of literacy standards ...

California’s budget will include $200 million to fund a comprehensive statewide approach to early literacy, dubbed the Golden ...

The lawsuit was filed in December 2017 in state court in Los Angeles. “When it comes to literacy and basic education, California is bringing down the nation,” the complaint said.

A California lawsuit asserting that literacy is a fundamental right within the state constitution has been cleared to proceed. A state Superior Court judge overruled a motion by the state ...

Of the 26 lowest-performing districts in the nation, 11 are in California, according to the lawsuit. Texas, the largest state after California, has only one district among the 26.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond said Wednesday that he would reconvene a Task Force on Early Literacy he appointed a year ago to continue work on addressing early ...