Brooke Tepper, a special education resource teacher at Columbus School in Carteret, N.J., works on reading fluency with first graders, giving them parts to read aloud in a short play. Credit: Caralee ...

Better understand your assigned readings Formulate questions to use in class discussions Record interesting thoughts for future papers and assignments Better recall information for tests and quizzes ...

This is a replay of Education Week’s webinar, “New Strategies for Reading Aloud to K-2 Students.” The old-fashioned classroom K-2 read-aloud is changing. For decades, these cozy gatherings have ...

We often think of mental health in the negative, such as having a disorder or problem. However, mental health is actually a state of well-being. It guides our ability to cope with life stressors, ...

The evidence base behind two strategies for beginning reading is part of an explosion of the new knowledge erupting from cognitive psychology and neuroscience on the reading brain. To keep moving ...

One of the primary missions of any educational institution is to produce graduates who are literate. The ability to derive meaning from print is central to the definition of literacy. Many people ...

In his April 26, 2006, Commentary, E.D. Hirsch Jr. argues that strategy instruction is not as effective in improving reading comprehension as building broad background knowledge ...

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Hot weather, beach umbrella, cold beverages and a good book. What combination could be better? If you’re planning to combine pleasure and duty, you might want to consider one of these books for your ...

O ver nearly three decades of teaching, Mary Beth Leibham has developed a good rapport with her students. They speak frankly about their struggles in and outside of the classroom. And her courses in ...