Building better readers should involve more than teaching the core components of early literacy—these five strategies are ...

Teachers can use these ideas to coach students on how to stay focused and deepen their learning outside of whole group ...

All students can become strong, proficient readers when they are given the right tools, instruction, and support in reading ...

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In a new book, researcher Timothy Shanahan argues that giving students easy texts is holding back US reading achievement.

In the December 2024 issue, Helen Lewis wrote about how one woman became the scapegoat for America’s literacy crisis. A heartfelt thank-you to Helen Lewis for her reporting on Lucy Calkins and the ...

Why do so many students struggle to understand what they read, even after they learn how to read? That’s a topic of hot debate among reading researchers. One camp has been arguing that schools have ...

It’s a well-worn adage in education that students first learn to read, and then read to learn. At some point, usually around 3rd grade, school systems assume that children have the basics down. They ...

A new global report has called for urgent, evidence-based interventions to address the growing literacy crisis among children, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where an ...

Half of Minnesota students can't read at grade level, according to statewide test scores. Two years ago, the Legislature took that as a lesson and overhauled the standards of how kids are taught to ...