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 ...

Live Lessons are half hour interactive programmes to support teachers and bring curriculum content to life. We work with ...

Celebrate the joy of reading for pleasure with this World Book Day 2026 Live Lesson and supporting teaching resources.

What should an elementary reading block look like? For such a common part of the school day, it’s surprising to find that there’s no one right answer. More than 40 states have passed legislation ...

The report was not published by the Department of Education, so the panel published it privately. As a result, it is available only by purchase or in libraries and is lesser known than the report of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Before Indiana students can learn how to read, their teachers have to learn how to teach reading. But how that’s done might soon change at teacher preparation programs across the state, as Indiana ...

AI is transforming how teachers plan and deliver early reading lessons, blending technology with human connection to boost literacy. From personalized tutoring scripts to real-time fluency tracking, ...

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 ...

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 ...