A one-on-one reading tutor works with a student at 95th Street School in Milwaukee. A renewed focus on literacy across the public school district and the city is backed by tutoring groups, the new ...

What barriers do students face when asked to read text and show their comprehension of it? This question was posed by an English/language arts teacher and educational consultant to a group of ...

Threading prior knowledge into new material makes for more durable learning. Here are 12 research-backed, teacher-tested strategies to help kids unpack what they already know.

Ms. Genn teaching about predictions during a recent reading lesson. Credit: Maya McFadden Photo As her kindergarteners quietly raised their hands to build their prediction skills and guess what might ...