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The Reading Wars

Balanced Literacy downplays "structured phonics," the older technique where kids memorize letters' sounds and learn to sound out words. Balanced Literacy does sound more fun than boring phonics drills ...
In Raymond Elementary School’s pre-kindergarten classroom, boys and girls huddled together on a rug with their teacher to learn a foundational skill for reading and spelling: how to pull apart and put ...
New data shows early‑grade reading remains below pre‑pandemic levels, with first‑ and second‑graders lagging as math rises.
Successes elsewhere and in some FWISD schools show rapid gains are possible, even for students learning English or facing poverty. | Opinion ...
After previous years of low literacy rates, San Joaquin County is actively making changes to improve student reading scores.
St. Clair County Library System invites families to join the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten challenge and track reading ...
Schools and literacy groups in Central Georgia are encouraging reading engagement as experts stress the importance of proficiency by third grade.
The Michigan Department of Education wants all K-5 teachers to go through a training called LETRS. Waterford Public Schools ...
Schools across St. Clair and Sanilac counties celebrate March Is Reading Month with creative classroom activities and community events.
Exclusive: Report says British teenagers’ time for books is being crowded out by schoolwork, screens and sports Fewer than one in 10 boys aged 14 to 16 in the UK read daily, according to research, ...
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Krupa Padhy uncovers how we really learn foreign languages – in a dual challenge involving both Portuguese and Mandarin. There was a time when my oversized hardback Collins Roberts French dictionary ...