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Reading time at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools' new Mint Hill Elementary School. I hate to admit this, but I learned almost as much about reading instruction from four hours of listening to “Sold a ...

Most secondary educators don't get much teacher preparation to help students struggling to read. Realizing that its teachers ...

Music training seems to boost reading skills in young children by enhancing their ability to recognise and manipulate the sounds that make up words. Learning to play an instrument has long been linked ...

The Horse Powered Reading event at the Aiken County Public Library brought together kids and miniature horses to teach reading skills. The LEARN Aiken Foundation organized the event to promote ...

Reading involves the skill of decoding written words into meaning. The first step, decoding, is the process of teaching children how to connect symbols with sounds. In layman’s terms, this is ...

In one sense, the national conversation about what it will take to make sure all children become strong readers has been wildly successful: States are passing legislation supporting evidence-based ...

Learning to read fluently requires hundreds of hours of practice. Some children happily sit and read for hours, but others (especially those with ADHD or dyslexia) cannot. Parents and teachers often ...

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A recent report from NWEA found that middle schoolers are showing a noticeable decline in reading abilities. The findings surmise that this is in part due to lack of in-person instruction during the ...