American educators have returned to the notion that shared background knowledge is essential to reading instruction, ending a ...
The “science of reading” movement has shifted early reading practices across the country, with more than 40 states mandating ...
The 24th annual Tom Colley Reading Bee was held Thursday night at Tazewell Middle School, highlighting the importance of ...
Our testing system is based on the idea that reading comprehension can be measured independently of what kids know, but science indicates otherwise. The American education system rests in large part ...
The Reading Bee, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce of the Two Virginias, as well as WVVA, emphasizes the importance of ...
Staff report Niles Intermediate School was recently recognized as a Governor’s Science of Reading Champion School. This ...
There’s been a lot of concern about phonics instruction in recent months, sparked by an illuminating new audio documentary. But there’s another aspect of reading—comprehension—that is equally crucial, ...
Experts have long known that reading skills develop before the first day of kindergarten, but new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences from the Harvard Graduate ...
Will there ever be another Harry Potter? Between 1997 and 2007, it seemed like every child (and even their parents) was reading J.K. Rowling’s timeless fantasy novels about a skinny, bespectacled ...