Exactly how much reading of whole books—especially novels—students should be doing is a contested topic, with no clear ...

Classroom coaching is a proven strategy that improves reading scores with relatively little investment, and state school ...

A recent NCTE survey shows educators overwhelmingly value diverse literature—but need help getting it into classrooms.

It has been said that every teacher is a reading teacher. While most educators may agree with this in theory, others are in the trenches putting these words into practice. PW spoke with three ...

After years of declining test scores, the Maine Department of Education is introducing a plan to bolster math and literacy ...

First HISD took the libraries. Now teachers say the district’s curriculum leaves no room for storybooks and some are secretly ...

If you’re a parent of a young reader, would you rather start off in Manhattan or Mississippi? The answer may surprise you. Today, fourth-grade students in Mississippi read almost a full school year ...

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 ...

Social-emotional learning has been swept up in bitter political fights over what should be taught in schools as some critics—including some high-profile conservative activist groups like Moms for ...

To look inside Julie Celestial’s kindergarten classroom in Long Beach is to peer into the future of reading in California. During a recent lesson, 25 kindergartners gazed at the whiteboard, trying to ...