As a kindergarten teacher, Derrick Criner knows that progress is a process and trying new things may lead to enriching experiences. Initially, the 2013 Glacier High School grad thought he would go ...

By using research-supported practices, providing standards-aligned instruction, and immersing teachers in literacy training, ...

Greenfield-Central teachers have videos online to help parents teach reading skills at home. GREENFIELD – A new website from Greenfield-Central teachers is designed to empower parents to teach reading ...

Are you familiar with the slogan “Talk, Read, Sing”? These three activities help children create a foundation for oral language, which is essential to reading. By building oral language, children ...

and eight years as an Western Michigan University mentor for intern teachers -- Lois Hoekstra has seen kindergarten change and evolve. "I remember my first kindergarten classroom" in 1969 at Lakewood ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (May 6, 2008) - As the gateway to all other knowledge, reading must be taught early in life and repeatedly reinforced throughout a student's schooling. Many American students still ...

Kindergarten might be the new 1st grade but it is still too easy. A forthcoming study in the peer-refereed American Educational Research Journal finds that students make bigger gains in reading and ...

Listen on A pple Podcasts, Google Play, NPR One, Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn or wherever you get your podcasts. For as long as Connie LuVenia Williams can remember, letters have been giving her trouble.

A new nationwide study has found that children entering first grade in 2013 had significantly better reading skills than similar students had just 12 years earlier. Researchers say this means that in ...

THURSTON COUNTY, Wash. — The Tumwater School District has implemented mandatory play-based learning across all kindergarten ...