There has been a longstanding discussion in the reading wars since the 1950s, when the novel “Why Johnny Can’t Read” critiqued reading instruction, ...
People have nightmares of AI-powered killing machines turning our world into a robotic dystopia. But a less-bloody yet equally striking transformation is already under way — one in which ...
For Lisa Parry, a 12th-grade teacher in South Dakota, the students' essays were getting stale. Her solution: get the students to turn to ChatGPT ‒ which serves up fresh ideas. Before her students ...
Sometimes school staff assume it is too difficult to improve an older student’s reading skills. They may think a student’s ...
Proven methods for teaching the readers who struggle most have been known for decades. Why do we often fail to use them?
As a high school science teacher, Fawn Phillips, who’s been teaching the subject since 1999, said she had never really thought about the problems her students were having with reading—nor did she have ...
Are you a teacher, instructional coach, or school leader who is concerned about how to support all students in accessing grade-level texts? If so, you are not alone. In fact, in a survey last year, ...
The literacy crisis in this country, which is affecting many students, continues to be a problem for educators. Not only are students unable to read at their grade levels, but they are also struggling ...
(TNS) — What barriers do students face when asked to read text and show their comprehension of it? This question was posed by an English/language arts teacher and educational consultant to a group of ...
Valley View Intermediate fourth-grade teacher Erin Eastman has been named K8 News December Teacher of the Month, recognized ...
Nearly a half century ago, a landmark study showed that teachers weren’t explicitly teaching reading comprehension. Once children learned how to read words, no one taught them how to make sense of the ...
To the editor: In 1970, I was a student teacher and then a second-grade teacher in New York. I later became a learning and reading specialist and taught the teachers. Throughout my training, I learned ...