Reading comprehension instruction doesn't line up with what the evidence shows can work—and it goes on way too long. A recent meta-analysis confirms that it’s best to teach reading comprehension ...
It’s been a big year for reading instruction. States have passed—or begun enacting—laws requiring evidence-based teaching for early learners. Hundreds of thousands of teachers have gone through new ...
One of the most fundamental skills students learn in school is still at the forefront of the national education conversation—how kids learn to read. The “science of reading” movement pushed forward in ...
Reading fluency — the ability to read accurately, automatically and with appropriate expression — remains a critical yet often overlooked component of literacy development. According to the National ...
The ‘Sold a Story’ podcast, which investigated how a faulty method for literacy instruction took hold, has generated an outpouring of responses. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...
Angie Hackman teaches chemistry at Health Sciences High and Middle College in San Diego, where all teachers are required to integrate literacy instruction into their classes. Credit: Image provided by ...
Teachers College professor Lucy Calkins’ Units of Study For Teaching Reading curriculum was once used in hundreds of New York City public schools and thousands of elementary schools nationwide. A ...