College educators are reportedly rethinking their teaching methods as Gen Z students arrive on campus with weaker reading ...

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 ...

As more states and districts are embracing the “science of reading,” some educators and advocates have raised the question: Will these methods work for English-language learners? The “science of ...

Pay attention to the shapes your mouths make as you pronounce the word, instructs Robin Fuxa, their education professor at Oklahoma State University. She asks her students if they can feel the way the ...

The recent NAEP scores have confirmed a sobering truth: Our schools remain in the grips of a literacy crisis. Across the country, too many children are struggling to read, and too many teachers are ...

To the editor: In 1970, I was a student teacher and then a second-grade teacher in New York. I later became a learning and reading specialist and taught the teachers. Throughout my training, I learned ...

Nearly a half century ago, a landmark study showed that teachers weren’t explicitly teaching reading comprehension. Once children learned how to read words, no one taught them how to make sense of the ...

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Would you want your children to use this method? Georgia State University (GSU) has been criticized for teaching a banned method of reading after a study questioned its effectiveness. The university ...

A first-of-its-kind national trial shows that public Montessori preschool students enter kindergarten with stronger reading, ...