Once students can decode, they need ongoing and thoughtful instruction to understand, interpret, and engage with what they read.

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Elementary teachers should normalize mistakes, encourage partnering and reread familiar texts with students, experts say.

A popular diagram for teaching plot structure to middle and high school students looks like a mountain, mapping out exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. It’s an apt ...

(TNS) — What barriers do students face when asked to read text and show their comprehension of it? This question was posed by an English/language arts teacher and educational consultant to a group of ...

When it comes to teaching, educators can move beyond memorization and equip students with the tools they need for fluent, confident reading.

Utah wants 70% of students in kindergarten through 3rd grade to read at their age level, but only about half do. Students in ...

Fourth-grade ELA teacher Teetee Braxton, a 23-year educator at Warrenton Elementary, is up for Educator of the Year for her ...

Literacy rates in the United States have been declining for over a decade, with the COVID-19 pandemic worsening the trend. Experts suggest that language development begins in utero and that reading to ...