When it comes to reading, middle school students need foundational literacy instruction that respects age, cognitive ...

Teaching 1st grade also means managing a lot of transitions—helping students move quickly and calmly from one activity to another, or giving them small “brain breaks” to move and stretch. At the ...

There has been a longstanding discussion in the reading wars since the 1950s, when the novel “Why Johnny Can’t Read” ...

The students in Emily Hoard’s first-grade class trace letters in their sand trays, then break down the sounds the letters ...

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Marlborough Superintendent Jason DeFalco said the city began its elementary literacy overhaul well before the state signaled it would do the same.

For my first four years in the classroom, I taught English as a second language to Somali refugees and Latin American immigrants in a small city in Wisconsin. I offer my experience teaching these ...

The new standards call on middle school and high school teachers to build on the science of reading taught in elementary schools.

Teaching English to non-native speakers has quietly evolved into a flexible, global and increasingly lucrative way to earn ...

The library in Caldwell, Texas, runs adult ed classes with a small budget. It could be a model for more communities in the ...

Newark students made improvements on this year’s state standardized test, but remain behind statewide proficiency rates in ...

Illiteracy worries have long been irresistible to the educated class.