Educators don’t need to choose between building students’ knowledge and teaching reading comprehension strategies. The question isn’t whether to teach strategies—it’s how to do it and when. “Are we ...

There’s been a lot of concern about phonics instruction in recent months, sparked by an illuminating new audio documentary. But there’s another aspect of reading—comprehension—that is equally crucial, ...

Get kids reading fluently. As much as you can. Have them read and write about books. That, more or less, is the key to translating the science of reading into classroom practice, according to a new ...

A Master of Arts in Education offers broad professional development for teachers who want to strengthen their instructional foundation. The program focuses on learning theory, student development, ...

The March 20 article, “Reading Comprehension Teaching Has Improved—But Not Nearly Enough,” made me think back to my early days as a curriculum writer. I was drafting a lesson on the figurative ...

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 ...

For years, bands of educators have been trying to free history instruction from the mire of memorization and propel it instead with the kinds of inquiry that drive historians themselves. Now, the ...

What is a Lesson Plan? An effective lesson plan demonstrates how a teacher creates objectives for his or her students and measures how those objectives are mastered. Creating a lesson plan begins with ...