Jennifer Zavodny, a teacher at Academy Early Childhood Center, wrote 'Piper the Pumpkin' to help kindergarteners learn ...

Nationally, fourth grade students’ reading scores have been sliding for a long time.  But in the past five years, Louisiana ...

In most states, schools are required to screen students as they enter kindergarten—a process that is meant to identify ...

Reading achievement has been stagnant in the US for decades, raising questions about what other methods might work to help ...

When children in Kerri Lynch's preschool class get angry, they shake their "mind jars," homemade snow globes filled with water and glitter.

From attention to metacognition and memory, here are 15 tips to apply the latest insights from cognitive science to how students learn.

At least 1.5 million students from nearly 4000 public schools will miss out on full “Gonski funding’’ from taxpayers for ...

When students at Moline Elementary gather for reading lessons, their teachers now use strategies that go beyond memorization — helping children connect sounds, letters, and meaning. It’s part of a ...

California took a big step toward overhauling its reading curriculum last week when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill pushing ...

Supporters of the bill hope it will improve literacy instruction and outcomes while opponents worry that it is overly prescriptive and will limit the methods teachers have available to teach students.

A new California law is pushing for phonics-based reading instruction in elementary and middle school classrooms. The law provides training for school principals and reading specialists in ...

While not mandatory, the law provides support for phonics — focused on vocabulary, comprehension and sounding words out — to ...