On a chilly Tuesday back in January, my 7-year-old son’s classroom in Minneapolis was humming with reading activities. At their desks, first- and second-graders wrote on worksheets, read independently ...

“There just isn’t enough time in the day to teach everything our students need to know.” This is a common refrain among teachers, especially in elementary grades where we are required to teach content ...

Teaching children that they can do anything that they put their minds to is very important. As a mom, I always try to correct my daughter when she says she can’t do something. Given that my daughter ...

A different approach to teaching kids how to read is on the rise in American schools. For decades, two schools of thought have clashed on how to best teach children to read, with passionate backers on ...

Everyone agrees that the early years of reading instruction are critical. But there are still vigorous debates among practitioners about how exactly to teach children to read—and new data confirm that ...