Learning to read is probably the single most critical skill that a child will acquire in his or her lifetime. Yet we as educators have not fully mastered the art of ensuring that every child learns to ...

The small amount of research that has been undertaken on Reading Recovery does show a positive effect. But all teacher interventions show some positive effect, and it’s not enough to justify continued ...

Summer can be a tricky time for families. On the one hand, adults want to give kids the time they need to rest their minds and revive themselves for the next school year. On the other, there's fears ...

How can educators transform reading into something students want to do rather than have to do? That’s the question our team of educators in the Oktibbeha County School District set out to answer when ...

Summer is the perfect opportunity to jump-start your kids’ interest in reading or keep them reading. See this year’s current reading programs. Summer is the perfect opportunity to jump-start your kids ...

Parents are blasting the new reading curriculum that will debut in some public elementary schools in the fall as a dumbed-down step backwards. “Into Reading” offers kids a chance to coast by with ...

New York officials want teacher preparation programs to adopt science of reading training, expand literacy-focused student ...

Teaching the foundational skills of reading is often a lively and physical task: students clapping out the syllables in words and practicing letter sounds in chorus and teachers demonstrating the way ...

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For the first time, a majority of elementary teacher education programs have adopted the tenets of reading science in their curriculum. According to the latest "Teacher Prep Review" by the National ...

Some teachers call it the summer lull or the summer slide. Other teachers refer to it as the summer brain drain. Whatever you call it, it’s real – the summer brings with it a long break in learning.