Approximately 45% of California teachers plan to retire within the next decade, significantly higher than the national ...

The Michigan Department of Education wants all K-5 teachers to go through a training called LETRS. Waterford Public Schools ...

In Raymond Elementary School’s pre-kindergarten classroom, boys and girls huddled together on a rug with their teacher to ...

Balanced Literacy downplays structured phonics, where kids learn by memorizing letters' sounds. Is that why some are struggling to read?

“Progressives” at teachers’ colleges pushed a reading technique called “Balanced Literacy.” Instead of memorizing sounds and ...

My pre-K students always jump at the opportunity to explore nature, and they also love digging into bugs. I previously assumed that lessons about insects were only possible in the springtime, but that ...

When Mississippi reformed its reading curriculum in 2013, scores for the state’s elementary school students soared. Inspired by the “Mississippi miracle,” other Southern states followed suit. But the ...

Weatherford ISD Trustee Kindra Lucia liked the silent feedback she was getting Monday from teachers in the audience as the board approved new math and elementary reading attacks. “Just seeing you ...

Testing for younger kids is less common, so the NWEA report offers insights into the depth of the academic disruption. It’s based on assessments given to students in the 2024-25 school year.

Oregon’s version of Imagination Library, an initiative launched by superstar Dolly Parton to send a free book each month to babies and preschoolers, recently mailed its 4 millionth book to an Oregon ...

The MCAS English language arts exam tests how students are doing relative to grade-level standards in reading, writing and ...