First grader Aizlynn Castillo works on an assignment in Diana Oviedo-Holguin’s English-learner class at Heritage Elementary ...

The Rochester Area Community Foundation awarded several organizations money to help providers sharpen their skills and defray ...

Jennifer Zavodny, a teacher at Academy Early Childhood Center, wrote 'Piper the Pumpkin' to help kindergarteners learn ...

Phonics gets more attention in elementary English/language arts classrooms than other core foundational reading skills, like fluency. More generally, states’ new reading laws emphasizing foundational ...

Greenfield-Central teachers have videos online to help parents teach reading skills at home. GREENFIELD – A new website from Greenfield-Central teachers is designed to empower parents to teach reading ...

Nationally, fourth grade students’ reading scores have been sliding for a long time.  But in the past five years, Louisiana ...

Like many high school chemistry teachers, Angie Hackman said she instructs students on atoms, matter and how they “influence the world around us.” But Hackman also has another responsibility: ...

During a recent visit to a midwestern university, I found myself talking to a graduate student, a dean, and a visiting former foundation president. The conversation turned to the proper role of skills ...

After years of declining test scores, the Maine Department of Education is introducing a plan to bolster math and literacy ...

Merced City School District superintendent Julianna Stocking participates in Reading Across America recently at an elementary school. The district is working to improve poor literacy proficiency ...

Angie Hackman teaches chemistry at Health Sciences High and Middle College in San Diego, where all teachers are required to integrate literacy instruction into their classes. Credit: Image provided by ...