My latest story, on the decline of students’ reading endurance and reading ability, has resonated with educators. Judging from how many people have read or shared the piece, it appears that a lot of ...

In her new book titled, “Teaching Kids to Read: A Step By Step Guide”, Educational consultant and prolific author, Josephine Oghenekevbe Ogufere provides practical tips towards surmounting the ...

Teaching 1st grade also means managing a lot of transitions—helping students move quickly and calmly from one activity to another, or giving them small “brain breaks” to move and stretch. At the ...

Amy Tyrell was astonished. Her son Jason (6) had struggled with recognising words ever since starting school. Yet, here he was, with his school-issued reader in hand, perfectly articulating every word ...

For many, the “science of reading” has become synonymous with phonics instruction. Politicians on both sides of the aisle have said the movement to align reading instruction with what the research ...

Until a couple of years ago, Lucy Calkins was, to many American teachers and parents, a minor deity. Thousands of U.S. schools used her curriculum, called Units of Study, to teach children to read and ...

The Welsh government continues to change its position on how to teach English reading. Last month, an ITV News investigation revealed that a method which has been discredited for decades is being ...

It's back to school season, and several provinces across Canada are changing the way they're teaching their children how to read with a renewed focus on phonics. School boards in Ontario, Nova Scotia, ...