With teaching methods for reading and writing under constant scrutiny, and high-stakes testing creating intense pressure to teach strictly to state standards, is there still value in whole-class ...

Enlace Academy is expanding family literacy programs and multilingual support as its English learner population grows, with ...

An eighth grade English learner, whom I’ll call Lupita, quietly approached me before class and asked: “Are we doing whole-class reading today? If so, please don’t call on me. I suck at reading.” Her ...

Angie Hackman teaches chemistry at Health Sciences High and Middle College in San Diego, where all teachers are required to integrate literacy instruction into their classes. Credit: Image provided by ...

As summer approaches, district leaders will spend part of their vacation strategizing how to improve reading and writing achievement. The news this year has remained grim: NAEP fourth-grade scores in ...

WASHINGTON — Chris Stanislawski didn’t read much in his middle school English classes, but it never felt necessary. Students were given detailed chapter summaries for every novel they discussed, and ...