An 11-year-old boy writing a fifth-grade book report on “The Cat in the Hat,” a book meant for kindergartners. A second-grade girl stuck at a preschool reading level. Students who break down in tears ...

What should an elementary reading block look like? For such a common part of the school day, it’s surprising to find that there’s no one right answer. More than 40 states have passed legislation ...

Standing inside an oval formed by a red table and a green table pushed together, Northwest Elementary School learning specialist Rachel Martel explained the difference between the words ‘encourage’ ...

I once believed that improving reading at a failing school could be a finite job. I thought it meant bringing in a new curriculum, showing teachers how to use it and then lingering long enough to ...

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THOMASVILLE — The Thomasville City Schools are embarking on a literacy campaign throughout all its schools and grade levels. School board members adopted a literacy vision, beliefs and framework at ...

George Orwell once wrote that restating the obvious is the “first duty of intelligent people.” In that vein, allow us to restate the case for what may be literacy instruction’s richest but ...