I’ve shared many posts on reading instruction over the past 12 years. Today, four teachers share their favorite reading lessons. Two of today’s contributors, along with another veteran teacher, talked ...

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 ...

After 14 years in education, I consider myself to be a good reading teacher. Unfortunately, the path to getting where I am today was a long, frustrating journey. Growing up, as the child of two ...

Readers discuss an article about a trend back to emphasizing phonics. To the Editor: Re “She Helped Transform Reading Lessons. Now She’s Backtracking” (front page, May 22): As an educator for 30-plus ...

Teacher educators are worried by the rise of scripted lessons for teaching subjects like maths and reading. They say the ...

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 ...

Move over "Dick and Jane." A different approach to teaching kids how to read is on the rise. For decades, two schools of thought have clashed on how to best teach children to read, with passionate ...

Roughly half of Texas students read below grade level, but when teachers craft lessons to help them, they often rely on instructional materials that aren't rigorous enough. Many teachers use search ...