Jamilah Watson, a reading tutor with the program Reading Assist, works with a rising kindergartner at Stubbs Early Education Center in Wilmingon, Delaware. This was the first year that Reading Assist ...
Solving the literacy crisis requires commitment to implementation and letting go of familiar approaches that aren't serving ...
In early reading, first graders who are behind have an 88 percent chance of still being behind in fourth grade--rigor and ...
A majority of Georgia’s third graders – 62% – are not reading proficiently, according to the Georgia Council on Literacy.
The “science of reading” is making its way onto more governors’ and state legislators’ priority lists as the 2024 legislative session gets underway. In Massachusetts, Gov. Maura Healey, a Democrat, ...
Like many high school chemistry teachers, Angie Hackman said she instructs students on atoms, matter and how they “influence the world around us.” But Hackman also has another responsibility: ...
Parents, grandparents and community advocates have driven educational change before. That leadership is needed again.
Advocates for the science of reading need to expand their view of the science and push for the adoption of curricula that incorporate it. Opponents and even advocates of the “science of reading” often ...
People write for a variety of purposes—including recording, persuading, learning, communicating, entertaining, self-expression, and reflection—and proficiency in writing for one purpose does not ...
School officials last week presented the Shenandoah County School Board with a three-year improvement plan for two elementary schools flagged by the state for low performance among students with ...