Editor's note: This is the third in a five-part series of articles honoring retired educators for Teacher Appreciation Week. Throughout the 30 years Janet Maurer spent in education at rural schools in ...

Many children enter school in California speaking languages other than English, and they learn to read at the same time that they are learning English. As California aims to improve literacy ...

Most tests that elementary teachers take to enter the profession don’t adequately measure their knowledge of best practices for reading instruction, a new analysis contends. The report, from the ...

Picture a 3 rd grade classroom. A teacher and a child sit side by side, open booklets before them both. The teacher starts a timer. The girl begins to read: “Goldfish make good pets. They are easy to ...

Most elementary teacher preparation programs across the country and in Missouri do not adequately focus on the science of reading, according to a new review from the National Council on Teacher ...

Only about one-third of elementary school students in the U.S. are reading at grade level, according to the recent National Assessment of Educational Progress. In response, many schools are rethinking ...

As a teacher in Oakland, Calif., Kareem Weaver helped struggling fourth- and fifth-grade kids learn to read by using a very structured, phonics-based reading curriculum called Open Court. It worked ...

The 74 reports that schools excelling in math also tend to excel in reading, indicating a strong correlation between subject ...

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 ...

Laura Edwards grew up around education.”My mom was a high school English teacher,” Edwards said.However, Edwards wanted a ...

For Venice elementary school teacher, innovation isn’t about flashy tools. "It’s our job to take a bland lesson and add the ...

$38 million worth of upgrades at the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport are now complete. Authorities save van driver after collision with dump truck in Fairport The Fairport ...