When it comes to language learning, an old adage rings true: a picture is worth a thousand words. There is growing evidence that the arts—be it a picture, drama, song, or dance—may help children with ...

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Last June, teacher Kyle Jackson started an English language arts lesson by getting his kindergartners to sound out the beginning and end of words. Jackson, a teacher at Rising Star Elementary School ...

Students read in Jeanice Knockum’s 3rd grade class at Allenbrook Elementary School in Charlotte N.C., on Monday, October 3, 2022. Khadejeh Nikouyeh Knikouyeh@charlotteobserver.com North Carolina could ...

Megan Baker, teacher and vice principal at Resurrection Catholic School in Cherry Hill, leads a lesson in her eighth-grade ...

San Diego teacher Amy Glancy thought she’d prepared her fourth-grade students for the day’s language arts lesson. She knew there was a land mine in the poem she planned to read, but she considered it ...