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 ...

In a time when being a public school educator has its many challenges, including a teacher shortage and students severely under-performing, many people have been blaming these children's parents for ...

Cody Beck reads a book that was assigned by his teacher at Grenada Middle School. Since April, Cody has been on a “homebound” program due to behavior, where he does his work at home and meets with a ...

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 ...

To look inside Julie Celestial’s kindergarten classroom in Long Beach is to peer into the future of reading in California. During a recent lesson, 25 kindergartners gazed at the whiteboard, trying to ...

For Lisa Parry, a 12th-grade teacher in South Dakota, the students' essays were getting stale. Her solution: get the students to turn to ChatGPT ‒ which serves up fresh ideas. Before her students ...

Phonics is a method that teaches children how to read by linking letters together based on sound groups. Together, these alphabetical combinations can aid children to easily begin pairing them by ...

Tens of thousands of North Carolina elementary school teachers have now been retrained in how to teach young children how to read, the state's top education official announced Tuesday. Schools have ...

CLARIFICATION: The article was revised on April 24 to clarify that the Committee on Accreditation, by law, has the power to accredit programs. The Commission on Teacher Credentialing responds to ...

On Feb. 8, the article was updated to clarify and elaborate on details of AB 2222. A veteran legislator who taught elementary school for 16 years introduced comprehensive early-literacy legislation ...