Education Week

How One District Approaches the ‘Science of Reading’ With English Learners

First grader Aizlynn Castillo works on an assignment in Diana Oviedo-Holguin’s English-learner class at Heritage Elementary ...
Opinion

Children learn to read with books that are just right for them – but that might not be the best approach

After decades of stagnating reading performance, American literacy levels have begun to drop, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a program of the Department of Education.
Education Week

How the ‘Science of Reading’ Can Support English Learners

English learners are sometimes an afterthought in 'science of reading' policies. Some educators want to change that.

Study: Identifying kids who need help learning to read isn't as easy as A, B, C

In most states, schools are required to screen students as they enter kindergarten—a process that is meant to identify ...
The Conversation

Bringing art into classrooms can benefit students who are learning to speak English

Chenkai Chi receives funding from SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship and Ontario Graduate Scholarship. Mehdia Hassan receives funding from the Ontario Graduate Scholarship. Pauline Sameshima has received ...
Los Angeles Times

Could phonics solve California’s reading crisis? Inside the push for sweeping changes

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 ...
Boise State University

Center for Teaching and Learning to host ‘Getting your students to do the reading’ workshop

Join the Center for Teaching and Learning for lunch and a talk about strategies to overcome that perennial challenge: getting students to do the reading. Jennifer Black of the Department of English ...
Green Bay Press-Gazette

Wisconsin students struggle with reading. These adults are learning for the first time.

When Ahmed arrived in the United States from Somalia seven years ago, he’d never been to school. He could read the Quran in Somali, but he didn’t know a word of English or even how to read the ...