For many, the “science of reading” has become synonymous with phonics instruction. Politicians on both sides of the aisle have said the movement to align reading instruction with what the research ...

Helping students see how what they are learning in school is relevant to their lives, hopes, and dreams enhances motivation. It can also be challenging to teachers who are tasked with covering a lot ...

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, ...

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: ...

It’s agreed across the spectrum of education that, ideally, until third grade kids learn to read and, after that kids read to learn. A wealth of statistics show that children who are not reading ...

Teachers film their student's reactions as they tell them they inspire them to come to school and teach. Video provided by Metropolitan Omaha Educational Consortium. Reading Lessons: With low reading ...

Indiana’s largest teachers' colleges aren’t properly preparing teachers to teach reading, according to a new study by the National Council on Teacher Quality. In fact, of the 18 Indiana programs ...

An effort to overhaul how children learn to read, known as the science of reading movement, is sweeping the country. Here’s where it stands. By Dana Goldstein During an era of intense politicization ...

California’s largest teachers union has moved to put the brakes on legislation that mandates instruction, known as the “science of reading,” that spotlights phonics to teach children to read. The move ...

The older I get, the more I forget the things I read. That’s probably because I just have read more, so fewer things I read strike me as new or memorable. So I forget. It is also true that most of my ...

Christine Braid consults as a literacy facilitator for Tātai Angitu, Massey University. She received funding from the Ministry of Education for a research project (2015-2017). James Chapman is quoted ...

A nonprofit group is trying to stop a new state law requiring “the science of reading,” underscoring how money and ideology influence the national debate. By Sarah Mervosh When Gov. Mike DeWine of ...