For some elementary school students, reading lessons are an opportunity to get messy and get out of their seats. Kids learning how to map letters to sounds might trace A’s and B’s in sand or shaving ...

Bills mandating the “Science of Reading” have been passing left and right across the nation. While some, like the Pennsylvania bill that passed 201-0, provide gentle nudging and support, others, like ...

Jason Keil is a writer, editor, and podcaster based in Phoenix, Arizona. Despite numerous attempts, he has yet to read the copy of \Infinite Jest\" on his nightstand.""" Back-to-school time is almost ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Los Angeles Unified is pushing ahead with district-wide lesson plans based on the science of reading even after state lawmakers ...

Evidence-based reading research, or what many refer to as the Science of Reading, has been a much-discussed topic within the literacy landscape for the past few years. While it may seem like the “next ...

The Fort Worth Independent School District could change course on its reading curriculum for elementary grades and adopt a new, controversial curriculum that contains religious references as the ...

Schools can measure how well children read. A new British initiative asks an equally important question: how can we make them ...

The Texas board of education voted today to advance a controversial new curriculum that includes Bible stories in elementary school reading lessons—the latest in a series of high-profile moves from ...

We were amazed recently when we learned that the Fort Worth ISD school board voted to adopt a reading curriculum for kindergarten through fifth grade that includes Bible stories. Named the Bluebonnet ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Texas State Board of Education approved a controversial K-5 curriculum Tuesday that uses Bible stories to teach reading, ...

This teacher isn't sure whether to be angry or disappointed. Not only are teachers tasked with the gargantuan job of educating the next generation, but they're also stuck dealing with the emotional, ...

Officials in Texas have backed a controversial new public school curriculum that would incorporate Christian lessons from the Bible as early as kindergarten. Eight out of 15 state school board members ...