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

First Book, a nonprofit organization that provides equal access to quality education, in partnership with renowned literacy expert and education researcher Susan Neuman, created a free resource, the ...

Walk into any classroom today and you’ll hear a familiar refrain from teachers: “How do we get kids excited about reading again?” Screens, social media, and short attention spans have reshaped the ...

Classroom Connection features teachers writing about their experiences and views on education issues. Look for Classroom Connection every fourth Sunday in Forum. I grew up on a farm where I learned to ...

If students are “glued” 24/7 to their mobile devices, why is it necessary for schools to teach digital literacy? Who should teach it? And wait … what does it even mean to be “digitally literate”? If ...

Think of all the things you read in a day — emails, books, and the news. What about Facebook posts, Instagram captions, Tweets, editorials, ads, and subtitles? How about maps, memes, and infographics?

A social anthropologist, Dr William Narteh Gblerkpor, says the sharing of knowledge on the environment should not be confined to the classroom. The C.T. Vivian Teaching Scholar in Sociology and ...

Integrating technology into the classroom involves more than just adding gadgets and software; it’s about creating a dynamic learning environment where students are actively engaged and teachers can ...

With a new school year upon us, classrooms are most successful when they offer students easy access to high quality, diverse books. However, according to a new survey of educators in low-income ...

Classrooms are most successful when they offer students easy access to a robust selection of high quality, diverse books. First Book is a nonprofit organization that provides equal access to quality ...