Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This article was originally published in Oregon Capital Chronicle. It took Ronda Fritz more than a decade and a doctorate degree ...
Balanced Literacy downplays structured phonics, where kids learn by memorizing letters' sounds. Is that why some are ...
Congresswoman Erin Houchin (IN-09) applauded the passage of her legislation, H.R. 7890, the Science of Reading Act of 2026, ...
A popular three-cuing technique proven to help kids learn to read has become politicized as special interests promote agendas over education. chinnarach - stock.adobe.com Even though much of America’s ...
As states and districts overhaul the way their schools teach reading, many are banking on one specific professional-learning program to propel this transformation: Language Essentials for Teachers of ...
In recent years, the once-esoteric term “evidence-based reading instruction” has spread beyond research institutions to become part of the vernacular of classroom teachers tasked with teaching young ...
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When Alison Campbell, a third grade teacher at Lindenwold School 4 in New Jersey, began the 2021-2022 school year, only 40% of her students were reading on grade level. By the end of the school year, ...
A dozen college students are saying the word "pat" and jotting down notes about the sounds being made. "Puh - AH - tt" Pay attention to the shapes your mouths make as you pronounce the word, instructs ...
At first glance, one would wonder why the second priority on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s State of the State tour is reading instruction. That should be the purview of the state Education Department and the ...
Pictured from left are Ohio Department of Higher Education Chancellor Mike Duffey and Gov. Mike DeWine at a press conference in Columbus. Photo courtesy of the Ohio Department of Higher Education ...
Even though much of America’s education landscape is so depressing right now, there is hope that better times could be ahead. Today, states — both red and blue — are pass laws that emphasize the ...