Structured literacy is an evidence-based approach to teaching reading and writing that has gained widespread attention for its effectiveness, especially for students who struggle with literacy skills.

Even before the pandemic, national test scores showed that only a third of American students were proficient in reading, with widening gaps between good readers and struggling ones. At the end of our ...

These strategies help teachers set up engaging and enriching opportunities for literacy exploration throughout the day.

Outside, it was summer, but inside John Lewis Elementary School in Macon, Ga. Quantesha Pittman was teaching third graders to build words. "What's that first sound again?" she asked the room of about ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I recently visited classrooms with an elementary school principal in a racially diverse Virginia district that primarily serves ...

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Despite decades of research about how children learn to read, far too many schools across the country still rely on debunked methods and curriculum that fail students year after year. The most ...

Third grade students at Hamilton Avenue School in Greenwich read independently during their reading hour. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror Why are only 32% of Connecticut fourth-graders reading on ...