When Emily Sanders worked as a high school English teacher, she never imagined being tasked with teaching her colleagues how ...

My latest story, on the decline of students’ reading endurance and reading ability, has resonated with educators. Judging from how many people have read or shared the piece, it appears that a lot of ...

English learners are sometimes an afterthought in 'science of reading' policies. Some educators want to change that.

Many school districts use decodable books to help teach kids how to read, and their use is increasing due to their alignment with the Science of Reading. In fact, parents may have decodable books on ...

Heidi Lawrence’s path to awe started more than a decade ago when she began working on ideas for her Ph.D. in English literature. Exploring Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time and other adolescent ...

Students today face barriers to achieving literacy, affecting both their professional and personal development. In the ...

The new results from the Nation’s Report Card show that only 29% of eighth graders are proficient in science, down from 33% ...

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 ...

Word problems try and tell students a story about the math problem in front of them. They are a useful way to connect abstract numbers to concrete situations, so students can learn early on to apply ...

Using pictures to help middle school students visualize science terms could be the key to boosting vocabulary for all ...