As ubiquitous as colored pencils and alphabet posters, lists of “sight words” have long been a fixture in kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms. These inventories identify some of the most commonly ...

Amid a deepening national literacy crisis, awareness is growing that far too many California children do not know how to read. The problem is not that our children can’t learn, experts say, but that ...

For Lisa Parry, a 12th-grade teacher in South Dakota, the students' essays were getting stale. Her solution: get the students to turn to ChatGPT ‒ which serves up fresh ideas. Before her students ...

The University of Akron Friday announced it has received a $950,000 grant to establish a Center for Structured Literacy. “The (center’s) core mission will be the translation of scientific research on ...

We know that many children are failing to learn to read in our nation’s classrooms. So it’s tempting to hope that tutoring by artificial intelligence could provide a solution. But how close are we to ...

Until a couple of years ago, Lucy Calkins was, to many American teachers and parents, a minor deity. Thousands of U.S. schools used her curriculum, called Units of Study, to teach children to read and ...

This story was updated to include comments from a press conference held by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Este artículo está disponible en español. Léelo en español. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s approval of Assembly Bill ...

Angie Hackman teaches chemistry at Health Sciences High and Middle College in San Diego, where all teachers are required to integrate literacy instruction into their classes. Credit: Image provided by ...

Effective Strategies to Teach Kids How to Establish Routines Establishing routines is essential for children as it promotes ...

Missouri students are headed down a dangerous road. Only 30% of the state’s fourth-graders are reading at grade level. The numbers are even more alarming for Black and Hispanic students in the state.