The miracle of students learning to read involves 'self-teaching'
One group with the teacher doing directed fast-paced instruction on letters, sounds and combining them to read syllables, ...
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Science teachers, math teachers, history teachers–we’re all reading teachers now
Post-COVID, with reading challenges, we must catch our older students up on second grade literacy skills without ...
For Gen Alpha, learning to read is becoming a privilege
Literacy rates are tumbling as kids' attention spans dwindle. Families are scraping together funds to move schools or get ...
Edutopia12d
Using Speech-to-Print to Boost Students’ Reading Skills
An evidence-based approach to literacy instruction can help students close grade-level reading gaps and improve their ...
NOLA.com10d
1 in 4 Louisiana third graders must improve reading scores by spring or risk being held back
More than 1 in 4 Louisiana third graders scored far below state targets on a reading test this fall, according to newly ...
Illinois Policy3d
5 ways Illinois can learn from Colorado’s ‘blue state’ literacy reforms
Colorado lawmakers passed an act in 2012 to focus on early literacy development and the science of reading. Its fourth ...
Whiz Kids grows to its own nonprofit status and continues helping kids learn to read
In August, the program received its own nonprofit status, and the now 28-year-old organization plans to continue growing its ...
Literacy Expert on Philadelphia’s New Reading and Writing Curriculum
Philadelphia’s K-8 public school students are being taught a new literacy curriculum starting in the 2024-2025 school year.
CMS elementary school teacher receives prestigious teaching award – and a $25,000 check
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools educator is the only educator in NC this year to win an ‘Oscar of Teaching’ award.
How can second-graders at one Pasadena school get new bikes? By boosting their literacy skills
Pasadena ISD has worked with Cycle, a nonprofit that gifts bikes for reading gains, for years, but now the district is ...
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Reading is Kwaai: high school teacher starts mobile library for learners
Nigel Mortley describes himself as an 'ordinary oke who really likes children to read'. Last year, he started a mobile ...
Students with disabilities are spending more time in general education. Are teachers prepared?
Robust teacher prep programs aren’t a silver bullet. For children with disabilities to benefit from these new programs, college students have to choose to enroll in them over traditional education ...