How One Woman Became the Scapegoat for America’s Reading Crisis
Lucy Calkins was an education superstar. Now she’s cast as the reason a generation of students struggles to read. Can she ...
Teaching methods must change to address globally poor reading skills, experts say
New research led by a team from Royal Holloway and the World Bank asserts that teaching methods should improve, after discovering that global literacy goals will not be met without major intervention.
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Literacy as a Family: Practical Tips for Bringing Reading and Writing into Daily Life
An expert on reimagining schooled literacy practices, Kelly C. Johnston, Ph.D., associate professor in Baylor University’s ...
TechCrunch13d
Buddy.ai is using AI and gaming to help children learn English as a second language
Moving his family from Siberia to the U.S. meant putting his daughters, used to speaking Russian at home, into ...
Education Week14d
Reading Interventions for Older Students May Be Missing a Key Component
Students who were above the decoding threshold read real words quickly, and nonwords more slowly. It’s likely that these ...
International Literacy Association16d
Literacy Worldwide - The International Literacy Association
The International Literacy Association (ILA) is a professional organization with a mission of connecting research and practice to continuously improve the quality of literacy instruction across the ...
The New York Times20d
There’s a Very Good Reason College Students Don’t Read Anymore
I knew I was asking a lot, but the students did great. Most of them aced their reading quizzes on Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden” and Plato’s “The Republic.” In class, our desks in a ...
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Exeter 1-2 Reading
Reading ended Exeter's winning run with a 2-1 victory at St James Park. The Royals made the perfect start to take the lead inside a minute, after Exeter were caught playing with the ball inside ...
The Globe and Mail24d
The lessons of pandemic lessons unlearned
In practice, this looks like a comprehensive and ... This report provides Canada an opportunity to take stock of the lessons learned from this most recent pandemic – and to implement them ...
Sky Sports25d
Reading 4-1 Crawley
Reading notched their fifth win in six League One home matches this season with a 4-1 victory over struggling Crawley. The hosts went ahead in the 20th minute through centre-back Amadou Mbengue ...
Mises Institute26d
Ten Lessons on US Foreign Policy from Enough Already
Among all the facts and figures, Horton teaches ten important lessons. Each chapter focuses on a specific country, but these lessons are woven throughout each. “If you want to know who America’s next ...
The New Zealand Herald26d
Tales of poverty, excess and financial lessons from Suzanne Paul, Sir Bill English, Rod Duke and more - Money Talks
Former Prime Minister Sir Bill English talks about his personal relationship with money, growing up on the farm in Southland and how he made it to the top in politics with a degree in English ...