How is the new literacy curriculum different? For the past few years, the Philadelphia School District has used a homegrown curriculum created by Philadelphia teachers. This curriculum, shared with ...

Solving the literacy crisis requires commitment to implementation and letting go of familiar approaches that aren't serving ...

There were two huge developments in the literacy world early this year. First, the emergence of a phonics program that could impact outcomes “dramatically.” Gains for 1 st graders from the ...

Kudos to Education Week for rolling out a collection of articles on elementary writing instruction, a vital area of literacy development that fails to get the attention it deserves. As EdWeek’s ...

A nationwide study of more than 500 Australian primary school students in Year 2 has revealed how beginner writers' attitude and motivation toward writing is related to the quality of their writing ...

EdSource · How a California professor once coded secrets in music (rebroadcast) We have all been reading the news about disappointing literacy rates in California, which have been exacerbated by the ...

H.W. Smith students, left to right, Kaymani Harris, De'Nya "Lucy" Chambers and Trey Hunter pose with Samantha Howard, a literacy tutor with the Literacy Corps program. Howard is a junior at SU.

New edition builds on the widely used prior version—now expanded to 530+ questions, added diagnostics, difficulty ...

Utah wants 70% of students in kindergarten through 3rd grade to read at their age level, but only about half do. Students in Washington County School District are learning to read more quickly than ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — The Detroit Lions hosted their first One Pride Literacy Fest on Tuesday, bringing together dozens of third graders for a day of reading and writing ...