This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. As a progressive educator in New York City for 30 years, I thought I had all the answers. The ...

Math classrooms shifted over time to the discovery model. Not suddenly, and not without good intentions. There was a ...

Evidence-based reading research, or what many refer to as the Science of Reading, has been a much-discussed topic within the literacy landscape for the past few years. While it may seem like the “next ...

Explicit instruction is a term that summarises a type of teaching in which lessons are designed and delivered to novices to help them develop readily available background knowledge on a particular ...

The de Paul school in Louisville offers a summer program, where students can "catch up" on reading and math skills, for kids with dyslexia or ADHD.

“I can’t tell you the number of kids who have gone from class clown to school captain just because they learned to read,” he tells Inquirer. “We focus on direct instruction when it comes to teaching ...

Projects and simulations can be engaging and memorable, but students are more likely to remember what's important if a teacher provides explicit instruction. Students learn best from explicit ...

When it comes to learning to read, new research suggests that explicit instruction -- a phonics teaching method in which the relationship between sound and spelling is taught directly and ...

There's a little war going on in the education community. Don't panic, there is nothing dangerous about this conflict. It is only ideological. What is the object of the division? The educational ...

The science of reading has affected teachers and students across the country. This series shares the direct experiences of ...