Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the past few years, the Philadelphia School District has used a homegrown curriculum created by Philadelphia teachers. This ...

American writing instruction has always involved some level of torture. What happens when technology makes it easy?

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 ...

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.

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 ...

March is National Reading Month, a celebration that encourages reading for all ages and promotes reading as a key feature for learning, social, and professional development. As we celebrate the value ...

This online resources helps middle school students improve their literacy. The site provides games and 120 hours of supplemental resources. Teachers can access free digital lesson library online to ...

Cognitive health in later life is ‘strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers ...

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 ...