Cody Beck reads a book that was assigned by his teacher at Grenada Middle School. Since April, Cody has been on a “homebound” program due to behavior, where he does his work at home and meets with a ...
After 14 years in education, I consider myself to be a good reading teacher. Unfortunately, the path to getting where I am today was a long, frustrating journey. Growing up, as the child of two ...
Controversies over how best to teach children to read go back many years. Most recently, two questions have emerged that leave teachers of English learners puzzled: First, does research on reading, ...
A panel of experts recommended “big shifts” in practice, but many Oregon education preparation programs say they are already ...
In the dynamic realm of education... The art and science of teaching reading have been subject to continual debate and evolution. Educators find themselves at the forefront of this discourse, ...
For decades, reading scores have remained stagnant at best, and the pandemic made things even worse. K–12 teachers at every grade level have students who struggle to read, and regardless of their ...
For parents like Caitlin Boyle, the public schools of Fort Mill, South Carolina, offer an appealing alternative to the much larger school system just across the state line. It’s a small district with ...
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: ...
To look inside Julie Celestial’s kindergarten classroom in Long Beach is to peer into the future of reading in California. During a recent lesson, 25 kindergartners gazed at the whiteboard, trying to ...
At Lacy Elementary School, kindergarten teacher Michelle Pritchard points her students toward a drawing of a rodent with the letters “a” and “t” above it. The first letter is missing. She asks them ...
CLARIFICATION: The article was revised on April 24 to clarify that the Committee on Accreditation, by law, has the power to accredit programs. The Commission on Teacher Credentialing responds to ...
If you’re a parent of a young reader, would you rather start off in Manhattan or Mississippi? The answer may surprise you. Today, fourth-grade students in Mississippi read almost a full school year ...