Building better readers should involve more than teaching the core components of early literacy—these five strategies are grounded in science and tested by expert educators.

Anchoring isn’t instant. Even after students notice a pattern, the written form can flicker before it stabilizes in long-term memory. Drift is normal before the anchor holds, which is why teachers ...

Now, that dream is being written into policy. The government recently announced plans to make English a mandatory second ...

There has been a longstanding discussion in the reading wars since the 1950s, when the novel “Why Johnny Can’t Read” ...

Dedicated teachers, committed parents and innovative curriculum boosted special ed kids' reading despite a 4-week shutdown.

In third grade, I stopped growing — no, not in height, but in reading, writing, math and just school in general. I felt miles ...

Students at R. Brown McAllister Elementary School use exercises in phonemic awareness—the ability to recognize and manipulate the sounds in English—during literary instruction on March 19, 2025, in ...

Learning to read is the key to education. That’s not a new revelation. Reading is the foundation, the entry point for everything else. But English is not easy to master.

I have an unusual, “made-up” first name. Nowadays it’s common ... but I’m in my 60s, so it wasn’t common growing up.

Of 10,000 U.K. teachers surveyed, 50% reported hearing their students say "trash" or "garbage" instead of the more typical ...

Some people are committed to originality. But is the fun you have coming up with an odd name worth the work the child will ...

More than one‐third of the world's population uses a writing system that includes both uppercase and lowercase letter forms.