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In a recent opinion essay, I defended the primacy of traditional literacy skills against the National Council of Teachers of English ’s mystifying call to “decenter” them. In this essay, I will ...

When shapes take on meaning as letters and those letters start to form words, it can be magical for children. It’s the first step into the wonderful world of reading. Yet, for many young students ...

Reading comprehension instruction doesn't line up with what the evidence shows can work—and it goes on way too long. A recent meta-analysis confirms that it’s best to teach reading comprehension ...

The governor addressed a few hundred educators Monday during the state's first literacy summit, calling the subject her No. 1 ...

As a high school science teacher, Fawn Phillips, who’s been teaching the subject since 1999, said she had never really thought about the problems her students were having with reading—nor did she have ...

Sometimes school staff assume it is too difficult to improve an older student’s reading skills. They may think a student’s ...

Reading involves the skill of decoding written words into meaning. The first step, decoding, is the process of teaching children how to connect symbols with sounds. In layman’s terms, this is ...

I’ve always believed in the value of lifelong learning, of constantly striving to improve no matter how skilled you become. It’s an idea I picked up playing basketball in high school and college, ...