Already troubled by her 4th grade students’ low reading levels, San Antonio-area teacher Melody Fernandez entered “survival mode” when she was moved down to 1st grade—and discovered the full scope of ...

As ubiquitous as colored pencils and alphabet posters, lists of “sight words” have long been a fixture in kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms. These inventories identify some of the most commonly ...

As a girl, Kylie Altier struggled in school. Nervous and shy, she had trouble reading — dyslexia, she learned. “I just really felt like I wasn’t that smart or special,” she remembers. Her first grade ...

Like many high school chemistry teachers, Angie Hackman said she instructs students on atoms, matter and how they “influence the world around us.” But Hackman also has another responsibility: ...

On a chilly Tuesday back in January, my 7-year-old son’s classroom in Minneapolis was humming with reading activities. At their desks, first- and second-graders wrote on worksheets, read independently ...

To the editor: In 1970, I was a student teacher and then a second-grade teacher in New York. I later became a learning and reading specialist and taught the teachers. Throughout my training, I learned ...

Readers discuss an article about a trend back to emphasizing phonics. To the Editor: Re “She Helped Transform Reading Lessons. Now She’s Backtracking” (front page, May 22): As an educator for 30-plus ...

This is the first in an occasional series on the dramatic national push to revamp how reading is being taught in the earliest grades. This EdSource special report examines the state of early reading ...

Many viewers reflected on the critical role primary school teachers play, realising the immense effort behind shaping confident and capable learners while navigating classroom challenges. On 29 ...

On Feb. 8, the article was updated to clarify and elaborate on details of AB 2222. A veteran legislator who taught elementary school for 16 years introduced comprehensive early-literacy legislation ...