Proven methods for teaching the readers who struggle most have been known for decades. Why do we often fail to use them?

The only thing more frustrating than someone trying to patronize you is when someone tries to talk down to you about a ...

Since 2012, England has taken an increasingly narrow approach to how primary school teachers should teach reading. The ...

Children in distress often experience emotional acceleration. Thoughts race, sensations intensify, and impulse begins to ...

Literacy is one of the most important skills children learn, setting them up for a lifetime of potential success. An early ...

Each audio version of the “Harry Potter” series has its own personality. A full-cast recording is trying to cast a new spell ...

As Thanksgiving approaches, our thoughts turn to family, food, fun, and memory-making. It can be exciting for young children as well as overwhelming, because routines may change, more people may be in ...

Sometimes school staff assume it is too difficult to improve an older student’s reading skills. They may think a student’s ...

The students in Emily Hoard’s first-grade class trace letters in their sand trays, then break down the sounds the letters make in simple words. This is what the science of reading looks like as Hoard ...

A 10-hour course for educators creates a common language for teaching phonemic awareness across all grade levels.

In early December 2025, a story about a night janitor, Stanley Okoye, and his "secret tutoring program" helping children ...

Two Australian universities have tested “reading robots’’ to encourage primary school children to read out loud, in a teaching experiment that pits ethical alarms against concerns over declining ...