This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. As a progressive educator in New York City for 30 years, I thought I had all the answers. The ...

Evidence-based reading research, or what many refer to as the Science of Reading, has been a much-discussed topic within the literacy landscape for the past few years. While it may seem like the “next ...

Teacher educators are worried by the rise of scripted lessons for subjects like maths and reading, and say the practice can undermine good teaching.

Projects and simulations can be engaging and memorable, but students are more likely to remember what's important if a teacher provides explicit instruction. Students learn best from explicit ...

When it comes to learning to read, new research suggests that explicit instruction -- a phonics teaching method in which the relationship between sound and spelling is taught directly and ...

The International Literacy Association has put out a new brief endorsing “systematic and explicit” phonics in all early reading instruction. “English is an alphabetic language. We have 26 letters.

There's a little war going on in the education community. Don't panic, there is nothing dangerous about this conflict. It is only ideological. What is the object of the division? The educational ...

The ability to read is foundational to education, but prolonged school closures and distance learning due to the pandemic have imposed unique challenges on the teaching of many fundamental skills.