Reading provides a great creative outlet for our minds. Not only do we learn new words and profound knowledge, it provides entertainment by engaging our brains in a different way than radio or ...
A Dallas-based nonprofit is proving that a little bit of help can go a long way when it comes to a child’s reading skills. “Our model is unique because we have two people who benefit: the students and ...
American students are failing to meet certain expectations on their reading skills due to school interruptions caused by the pandemic. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, kindergartners missed most of the ...
Move over “Dick and Jane.” A different approach to teaching kids how to read is on the rise. For decades, two schools of thought have... ATLANTA — Michael Crowder stands nervously at the front of his ...
Imagine you’re a high school freshman who struggles with reading. In math class, you’re learning about parallel lines. Then your history teacher mentions the 38th parallel. And a character in your ...
MANILA, Philippines — Teachers’ lack of in-depth training on how to help struggling readers weakens the impact of the Department of Education’s “Catch Up Fridays” program, according to the initial ...
When I was three years old, my father started teaching me how to read using three-letter Tagalog words. He would point at each letter, guide me to say how each syllable sounds like, and then encourage ...
Mary Sacchetti spent six years and tens of thousands of dollars preparing to become a special education teacher and then a reading specialist. But even after she earned her master’s degree from a ...
Third grade is the last chance for students to master reading with help from teachers before they face more rigorous expectations. If third graders don't read fluently by the time the school year ends ...
Michael Crowder stands nervously at the front of his third grade classroom, his mustard-yellow polo shirt buttoned to the top. “Give us some vowels,” says his teacher, La’Neeka Gilbert-Jackson. His ...