As ubiquitous as colored pencils and alphabet posters, lists of “sight words” have long been a fixture in kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms. These inventories identify some of the most commonly ...

"My child can't read!" That's become a common complaint from parents. Updated: Wed Mar 11, 2026 ...

A popular three-cuing technique proven to help kids learn to read has become politicized as special interests promote agendas over education. chinnarach - stock.adobe.com Even though much of America’s ...

Sign up for The Morning Report with all your must-read news for the day. Betsy Hall stood at the front of a classroom at Johnson Magnet School in Emerald Hills. She ...

For many, the “science of reading” has become synonymous with phonics instruction. Politicians on both sides of the aisle have said the movement to align reading instruction with what the research ...

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 ...

Experts explain how best to prepare very young children to read. Children who are reading on their own as early as age 2 or 3 are the outliers, literacy experts said. Recently, a friend gave me a hand ...

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 ...

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Taylor Rose became a reading specialist two years ago. Now, she's been awarded a statewide award for her work at Wenonah Elementary in Waynesboro.

As students continue to fall behind in reading proficiency in the American education system, some teachers are pleading with parents to help fix the problem. After the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers ...