A new state law requires teaching cursive writing in elementary schools starting in September. Some educators aren't so happy ...

First-grade teacher Somer Brown, a finalist for the title of Educator of the Year, explains how foundational reading skills, ...

On a damp weekday evening not long ago, a parent at the back of a school hall scrolled through their phone while waiting for pickup, pausing briefly and nodding ...

New professional development courses will be developed for literacy instruction known as the science of reading, a phonics-intensive approach the state requires in classrooms for Ohio's 1.6 million ...

Discover how Mississippi spends half of what California does per pupil teaching reading yet gets far better results.

Anne Realini is bringing new energy and innovative phonics strategies to her classroom after attending a national education ...

As part of efforts to improve literacy outcomes in public primary schools across Ogun State, the Chairman of the Ogun State ...

Alice Bradbury receives funding from the Helen Hamlyn Trust which funds the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy at UCL. She is a member of the Labour Party and the Universities and College Union. The ...

Getting students to buy into the project of a course has become a more urgent challenge in recent years, many professors say. While many students are distracted by smart phones, tempted by generative ...

You write that “California Learns From Mississippi” (Review & Outlook, Sept. 27) on phonics, but I fear you give too much credit to Golden State legislators. Assembly Bill 2222, proposed in 2024, ...

Jeffrey McQuillan claims that encouraging phonics instruction will be a “train wreck” in California (Letters, Oct. 3). Yet his main piece of evidence, a 2020 analysis, is wanting. Aside from some ...

One of the mistakes of teaching, I’ve learned through my years as a part-time professor, is to prepare so much that the students have no choice but to become passive recipients of knowledge that has ...