Before every important test, teacher Nancy Barajas dims the lights, turns on a disco ball and blasts music from her playlist. Her sixth graders dance together as a “pre-celebration” to boost their ...
Leaders of this midsized, mid-Atlantic district were perplexed. The district—which requested anonymity for this story—had recently invested heavily in early-childhood education. It expanded universal ...
Gov. Kathy Hochul promised to revamp New York’s approach to literacy instruction in hopes of increasing reading scores, but a new course for teachers may impede progress. Credit: Will Waldron/Albany ...
That’s become a common complaint from parents. Why? It might be because kids are distracted by social media and video games. But I think it’s also because reading instruction became lazy and political ...
Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Kirsten Chansky, an instructional coach at ...
The UFLI reading curriculum is already used in McLean County school districts, including District 87 and Heyworth. A new reading curriculum already used in some other McLean County school districts is ...
Walk into most kindergarten or first grade classrooms during a reading block and you’ll hear the familiar rhythm of phonics instruction: segmenting sounds, blending words, and practicing fluency. This ...
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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ALBANY — The state Education Department isn’t doing enough to embrace a more modern literacy curriculum, a Brooklyn lawmaker is charging as states like Mississippi soar past New York in critical ...
The “reading wars” that raged in American schools for decades finally seem to be ending. The victor is clear: Phonics is the best way to teach kids how to read. California is the latest state to ...