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"Teachers need space and support to respond to student needs, not top-down mandates," writes one reader. Another notes the ...

It’s the most basic hurdle in reading, and the strategies a teacher gives can make the difference in a student’s literacy ...

The Literacy Hub at Lattie Coor School in Avondale engages both students and parents to improve reading. Test scores show the program is working.

As April wraps up with a warm South Florida spring, it also brings attention to something far less seasonal but deeply ...

The idea that the “science” in reading instruction only supports phonics instruction has been “hard to dislodge,” said Maria ...

Financial consciousness is a shift from reactive behavior over money to proactive ownership over your finances.