A study on reading instruction in two Wisconsin districts suggests that a widely used skills-based program may not be effective in raising the achievement of children in urban schools. Conducted by ...

Eshelman Avenue Elementary School in Lomita would appear to have the cards stacked against it: Most pupils come from low-income households, and many speak little or no English at home. So how did the ...

Zachary Stewart, an eighth-grader at Academy Prep in St. Peters- burg, had difficulty reading at Melrose Elementary. He now excels.  The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the ...

As state government tightens the vise on low achievement in Michigan schools, with looming takeovers and shutdowns and now with the new third-grade retention legislation, a powerful method for lifting ...

Shelve the fad methods. There’s one tried-and-true way, and it works for children of all races and classes. By John McWhorter Opinion Writer It was great to see Zaila Avant-garde become the first ...

EUGENE — A mentor. An innovator. A longtime influencer of education worldwide. The creator of one of very few research-proven methods of teaching children to read. Siegfried "Zig" Engelmann, a ...

Aurukun’s Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy campus focuses on the five C’s: Class (literacy and numeracy), Club (sport and the arts), Culture (traditional language), Community (getting parents ...