Government officials across the Midwest face pressure to address high levels of nitrate pollution in water, which researchers have linked to illnesses including cancer, birth defects and thyroid ...

The emergency contraceptive pill Plan B, which can prevent pregnancy following unprotected sex, has been available over the counter at most American pharmacies for more than a decade. But in more than ...

A publisher that once held a commanding share of the market for materials to teach and test reading has seen its sales drop significantly in recent years — a decline its attorney attributes to the ...

In Sold a Story, Christine Cronin talked about her regrets as a teacher who embraced curriculum based on the flawed theory we focused on in the podcast. Now she is Executive Director of Professional ...

Pressure is mounting on two universities to change the way they train on-the-job educators to teach reading. The Ohio State University in Columbus and Lesley University near Boston both run prominent ...

Illinois hospitals violating landmark law protecting victims of sexual assault The state Department of Public Health inspects hospitals throughout the state for compliance with the Sexual Assault ...

I absolutely never knew about the science of reading, and it blows my mind. Sold a Story has impacted me more than anything I have ever read, listened to, or learned. I sobbed. I'm nearing the end of ...

The methods for teaching reading and writing contained in Heinemann’s materials are standard in many classrooms today. The company published works by some of the most prominent authorities in literacy ...

Five years ago, Sequel Youth & Family Services ran a chain of treatment programs that took in and tried to help troubled kids from all over the United States. It was valued by investors at more than ...

For years, Utah has been the epicenter of the nation’s so-called troubled-teen industry. Since 2015 some 20,000 kids have been sent to programs in Utah that cater to parents and state agencies ...

A booming industry in Utah There are more than 100 licensed youth treatment programs in Utah. They cater to parents and out-of-state agencies who care for struggling teenagers. Some are smaller group ...

Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell, two of the biggest names in literacy education, are breaking their silence in the debate over how best to teach kids to read, responding to criticism that their ideas ...