As a new school year approaches and more school districts implement state-mandated evidence-based reading instruction, the literacy crisis is front of mind. The alarm bells are still ringing in the ...

Get kids reading fluently. As much as you can. Have them read and write about books. That, more or less, is the key to ...

When gas prices go up, changing the way you drive can stretch your fuel just a bit farther When gas prices spike, filling up gets more painful. But consumers can do something to stretch their fuel ...

Barrie Olson moves us beyond linear literacy instruction  For decades, reading instruction in the US has been the subject of debate while student scores haveremainedlargely stagnant—andit’stime for a ...

Seeing a child curled up with a book as they independently learn to read the words and find the meaning in a story is a heartwarming image. We have been taught that learning to read is akin to ...

The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) welcomed Assembly Member Robert Carroll (D/WF-Brooklyn) on Nov. 12 for story time with 1st graders from P.S. 321 at the Park Slope Library on 6th Avenue. Carroll was ...

There are many sounds in English that don’t exist in Spanish, and vice versa. Take the sound the letter “z” makes in English, or the rolled “r” in Spanish. In the Southside independent school district ...