New research has shown that extra practice in blending printed letter sounds can help struggling beginner readers (age 4-5) learn to read. The use of synthetic phonics to teach reading to children in ...

Manuel shouted, eyes sparkling as he pointed to the smartboard. "La ‘c' está pretendiendo ser una ‘s'!" ("The ‘c' is ...

After two decades at Alto Elementary, this teacher still gets energy from being part of her kindergartners’ growth.

Amira Learning, one of the most widely adopted offerings on the market, has contracts in 10 states. Several big providers of ...

It is as impossible to teach sounds and sound systems of languages as it is to teach the complex ways of the representation ...

(bright music) - Hi, good afternoon, campers. Welcome back to Teaching in Room 9, our Summertime edition. My name's Julia. I'm a second grade teacher at the Soulard School. I'm here for Teaching in ...

To the editor: In 1970, I was a student teacher and then a second-grade teacher in New York. I later became a learning and reading specialist and taught the teachers. Throughout my training, I learned ...

Re: “Far too many California children can’t read” (Page A7, June 17). Denise Amos says that California districts encourage students to memorize words, and believes they should instead be using phonics ...