Most children in lower and middle income countries fail basic literacy tests, according to World Bank-backed report ...

Each year, as we shake off winter and head into spring, some folks look even further ahead to summer and beach season. They think they maybe should lose a few pounds before breaking out the bikinis or ...

The announcement of the courses to be given for the benefit of teachers during the new academic year is now in press, and will soon appear. The plan has been already mentioned in these columns, and ...

Arts-based methods can significantly enhance leadership education and better prepare students to address the major societal ...

In the December 2024 issue, Helen Lewis wrote about how one woman became the scapegoat for America’s literacy crisis. A heartfelt thank-you to Helen Lewis for her reporting on Lucy Calkins and the ...

FORT LEE, Va. (March 26, 2014) -- The change could be likened to the uproar generated more than a decade ago by mere talk of replacing the Army's black combat boot, an old standby that held a ton of ...

“Spotlight on Literacy” is not a single book; rather, it is a brightly colored Velcro-sealed packet of booklets that 1st graders at Welch Elementary School use as they learn to read. Each of the thin ...

I read with interest James R. Delisle’s Commentary on the failure of differentiated instruction. I think the need for differentiated instruction came as a result of the failures of tracking. In my ...

Changes in funding parameters due to a new state law adopted and enacted this year mean Columbia Public Schools is adapting some instruction days depending on the situation. The district now is ...

Spelling lists. Spelling tests. Spelling bees. Adults of a certain age who remember anything about elementary school likely recall spelling as central to their literacy instruction. That’s not ...