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Why one reading expert says ‘just-right’ books are all wrong

In a new book, researcher Timothy Shanahan argues that giving students easy texts is holding back US reading achievement ...
Reading achievement has been stagnant in the US for decades, raising questions about what other methods might work to help ...
A former Virginia teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student in her classroom in 2023 testified Thursday that she thought ...
SHREVEPORT, La. - Caddo Parish is drawing a line in the sand -- this school year, what students know may matter more than what they score on tests. Caddo Parish School Board members recently advanced ...
Carson Golder converted Reading’s first shootout try and it turned out to be the winner as Jesse Nurmi, Matt DeMelis and Ryan ...
Matrics aren’t the only kids heading into that intimidating exam hall. Children get their first taste of the exam hall at ...
As educators across Oklahoma look for ways to close literacy gaps, the Reading League Oklahoma is helping teachers gain the tools and training they need to help every student learn to read — not just ...
The Rochester City School District launched a district-wide literacy campaign as its student literacy scores lag behind ...
Last year, Michigan approved two new literacy laws aimed at districts using programs that are not aligned with what’s known ...
The students “learned recently that not every library needs four walls when a donkey lovingly known as a ‘Biblioburro’ showed up ready to prove that literacy comes in all forms,” according to Jenna ...
As students settle into the school year and their teachers are hard at work, administrators in some of the rivertowns ...
Four new educational bingo card sets are now available online to support first-grade English instruction through structured, game-based learning. The new resources focus on verbs, adjectives, nouns, ...