Ask an early educator to explain the science of reading, and phonics will likely headline the response. But phonics, and its emphasis on word recognition, covers only part of the reading-proficiency ...

Many struggling readers are held back by challenges with their working memory. When students cannot retain information long enough to make sense of what they’re reading, comprehension suffers, ...

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A new statewide initiative underwritten by the Lilly Endowment aims to improve elementary students’ reading skills, officials announced Monday. The Indiana Afterschool Network is using the Lilly grant ...

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Millions–probably billions–of dollars invested. Not to mention the blood, sweat, and tears of hundreds of thousands of teachers. And yet, we are facing yet another heartbreaking report on student ...

As an elementary school teacher for 27 years, Joshua Wittenberger has seen plenty of educational programs promising to improve student literacy through game-based learning. "A lot of programs that ...