In her 2019 book “The Knowledge Gap,” Natalie Wexler argues that a content-rich curriculum allows students to go deeper, ...

The results are “dramatic,” said Devin Kearns, a professor in early literacy at North Carolina State University, who was not involved with the study. Gains from UFLI are equivalent to 8 months of ...

New book recommends that educators broaden focus with history and science to help students go deeper and learn more.

This required finding another teacher to share a classroom. Our first meeting was not auspicious. She was dedicated to phonics first, while I was still — albeit now a bit wobbly — in the “make it ...

With many parents wanting to give their kids a head start when it comes to reading, Phonics with Robert Reg, a phonics class ...

Simple words like "the" and "of" are everywhere, but don't follow regular phonics patterns. How should teachers approach them?

Today, children are taught to read using phonics, which is all about the sounds that make up words. Children start by learning the letters and the sounds they make, and how to put them together to ...

JENNY Priestley was a primary school teacher for two decades. In September 2022, the mum-of-two wanted to take her boys to school and pick them up each day, and attend some of their activities.