Since 2012, England has taken an increasingly narrow approach to how primary school teachers should teach reading. The ...

Literacy is one of the most important skills children learn, setting them up for a lifetime of potential success. An early ...

The students in Emily Hoard’s first-grade class trace letters in their sand trays, then break down the sounds the letters make in simple words. This is what the science of reading looks like as Hoard ...

Confronted with the literacy dilemma raised by Rudolph Flesch’s best-seller “Why Johnny Can’t Read” (1955), most people outside of education knew the answer intuitively while many in education chafed ...

In Meagan Beam’s dining room, a dozen 3D printers whir and clack away as they crank out plastic tiles with colorful raised letters, letter combinations and pictures on them. The tiles are part of a ...

Parents and grandparents eagerly waited in the entrance at Liberty Arts Magnet School on Tuesday morning to spend the lunch hour sharing a meal and a book with their children.

Effective Strategies to Teach Kids How to Establish Routines Establishing routines is essential for children as it promotes ...

Teaching 1st grade also means managing a lot of transitions—helping students move quickly and calmly from one activity to another, or giving them small “brain breaks” to move and stretch. At the ...