Anne Arundel County Public Schools’ first year using an evidence-based curriculum to teach reading has been embraced by students and teachers despite a few shortcomings, which include the rigid ...
An increase in both the rates of homeschooling and the expectations of children who are entering kindergarten means the burden of teaching our youngsters to read is falling on parents like never ...
EdSource · Los Angeles parents fight for and win intensive tutoring for kids hurt by Covid Controversies over how best to teach children to read go back many years. Most recently, two questions have ...
Before Indiana students can learn how to read, their teachers have to learn how to teach reading. But how that’s done might soon change at teacher preparation programs across the state, as Indiana ...
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 ...
Educators don’t need to choose between building students’ knowledge and teaching reading comprehension strategies. The question isn’t whether to teach strategies—it’s how to do it and when. “Are we ...
Balanced Literacy downplays structured phonics, where kids learn by memorizing letters' sounds. Is that why some are struggling to read?
Reading comprehension instruction doesn't line up with what the evidence shows can work—and it goes on way too long. A recent meta-analysis confirms that it’s best to teach reading comprehension ...
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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 ...
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 ...