Balanced Literacy downplays structured phonics, where kids learn by memorizing letters' sounds. Is that why some are struggling to read?

Teaching methods have changed over recent years, particularly in the areas of reading and writing. The pendulum is swinging back, though, so phonics and cursive writing are turning up in lesson plans.

An influential researcher in the science of reading movement is warns schools may be "overteaching" the skill.

In Raymond Elementary School’s pre-kindergarten classroom, boys and girls huddled together on a rug with their teacher to learn a foundational skill for reading and spelling: how to pull apart and put ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -Ohio Department of Education and Workforce officials are developing professional development courses in the literacy instructional approach known as the “science of reading” for ...

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Abohar: A teacher was transfered out of the govt senior secondary school in Balluana village of Fazilka district on Wednesday, after students and their parents protested over her frequent fights with ...

Kathrine Thomson, a history teacher at Pueblo South High School, is currently in her 58th year. "I'll retire eventually," she says. "But I'm not in a rush." Kathrine Thomson, a history teacher at ...

This time three years ago, Christine Sherrill was teaching fifth graders American history in Kenosha, Wis. Now she’s making Broadway history. The 54-year-old actress and teacher is playing Donna in ...

In a new book, the former schools minister Nick Gibb defends a strong, if controversial legacy. By Sarah Waite It’s fitting that the new book by former Conservative schools minister Nick Gibb reads ...

Here's a short excerpt from the Nov. 2023 Report and Recommendations by Magistrate Judge Christopher D. Baker (E.D. Cal.) in Johnson v. Watkin; the plaintiff is a history professor at Bakersfield ...

UD’s Center for Teaching and Assessment of Learning (CTAL) is hosting a weeklong Open Teaching Days event from Monday, Sept. 22, to Friday, Sept. 26. This fall will be the fourth Open Teaching Days, ...