Creativity is a skill that enriches all the other learning, discovery, and growth children experience in their school careers. For the fifth straight year, Crayola will bring Creativity Week to ...

As ILA continues to grow and expand globally, the selection of its governance leaders remains critical to the organization's success and future sustainability. Board service requires a serious but ...

In many classrooms we visit, “sight words” receive a very different kind of instruction than other words, taught primarily as an exercise in visual memorization. In this post, we explain why sight ...

To slow the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), hundreds of K–12 school districts across the United States are closing for anywhere between two weeks and two months (or longer). This comes on the ...

Dorothy S. Strickland, a renowned advocate of equitable literacy instruction and of improving the quality of teacher education programs and professional development, passed away earlier this week at ...

In 2006, a survey found that while only 24% of Americans could name two Supreme Court Justices, 77% could name two of Snow White’s dwarves. I find that disturbing. Not because the Supreme Court is ...

Research presented by the National Center for Education Statistics has proven that family engagement is one of the most important factors of literacy development, and that children enter kindergarten ...

Listening to students read aloud is an essential practice for any primary-grade teacher. It is no less essential than a swimming coach watching children swim or a piano teacher listening to a child ...

Every year, the International Literacy Association (ILA) recognizes emerging voices in children’s and young adult literature through the Book Awards program. Winners are selected by a committee of ILA ...

With the start of the academic year well under way in the United States, schools and classrooms look very different from how they looked and operated before COVID-19. Rather than wait at school bus ...

It is vital that future teachers understand research-based strategies and methods that will best serve their students, especially today, when there is a shift from how we teach a text to what text we ...