Once students can decode, they need ongoing and thoughtful instruction to understand, interpret, and engage with what they read.

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 ...

WASHINGTON (CITC) — The majority of elementary school teachers nationwide are not adequately prepared to teach students how to read, according to new data. The data stems from research conducted by ...

Only about one-third of elementary school students in the U.S. are reading at grade level, according to the recent National Assessment of Educational Progress. In response, many schools are rethinking ...

BE LIFTED. THE CITY IS GETTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PREP YOUNGER CHILDREN FOR THE CLASSROOM. MAYOR CRAIG GREENBERG ANNOUNCED $4.6 MILLION IN GRANTS TODAY AT THE YMCA OF ...

Most tests that elementary teachers take to enter the profession don’t adequately measure their knowledge of best practices for reading instruction, a new analysis contends. The report, from the ...

Fourth-grade ELA teacher Teetee Braxton, a 23-year educator at Warrenton Elementary, is up for Educator of the Year for her ...

To the editor: Education professor Allison Briceño fears overemphasizing foundational skills such as phonics will take time away from writing, favor already advantaged children and ignore the needs of ...

In a classroom full of future teachers at Oklahoma State University, Robin Fuxa instructs her students to count sounds in words like “map” and “can,” by placing pennies on a corresponding chart.