Between curriculum changes and technological advances, schools today no longer teach kids these 11 old-fashioned lessons.

It's never too late to teach your kids an important lesson, even if they're already adults. Especially in recent decades, where both parents are working full-time jobs, many studies, like one ...

As educators, when we think of reading in the classroom, we typically consider the act of teaching to read (phonics, vocabulary, etc.) or the act of reading to learn. We follow the curriculum chosen ...

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 ...

In 'Phoebe & Jay,' a brother and sister investigate their community by looking at the many words around them—from receipts to ...

New York City school superintendents are boasting that instructors use artificial intelligence (AI) to teach kids reading comprehension. In an ...

To look inside Julie Celestial’s kindergarten classroom in Long Beach is to peer into the future of reading in California. During a recent lesson, 25 kindergartners gazed at the whiteboard, trying to ...

Kaiden was in tears. My first-grade student, struggling through yet another reading lesson, ripped his book in half, hurled it across the room and yelled, “I hate reading!” That moment still haunts me ...

All computers come with spellcheckers and iPhones autocorrect their users’ texts. But despite those everyday features, formal spelling instruction still pays off, the findings of a new study suggest.

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Call it the end of an era for fantasy-fueled reading instruction. In a move that has parents like me cheering, Columbia University’s Teachers College announced last month that it is shuttering its ...