Now that Mayor Bill de Blasio’s universal pre-K initiative is a success, naysayers are attacking the rest of his education plan. The programs the mayor announced in his Sept. 16 “Equity and Excellence ...

Students will practice reading and analyzing poetry. In this lesson students will practice reading and analyzing poetry with Mrs. Wright and enjoy a read aloud of the book Under the Snow written by ...

Students will learn how to compare and contrast. In this lesson, students will learn how to compare and contrast. Mrs. Wright will read the book Who Would Win? Polar Bear and Grizzly Bear by Jerry ...

DEVINE, Texas – For about 45 minutes a day, four times a week, Mrs. Jenni Hagdorn welcomes a total of 57 second graders to her classroom. First, the students must grab their red folders and, before ...

The Swarm Foundation, a Swartz Creek-based nonprofit, donated a book vending machine to Flint Cultural Center Academy in ...

Second-grade students who read aloud to dogs in an afterschool program demonstrated improved attitudes about reading. Second-grade students who read aloud to dogs in an afterschool program ...

BRISTOL, Tenn. (WCYB) — Studies show that students not reading on grade level by third grade are four times less likely to graduate high school on time. That's why a program in Bristol supports ...

Knowing whether or not a child is developmentally on track for literacy is hugely important. Study after study supports early intervention when children are not on track and a critical juncture is ...

Third graders in Maryland who don’t read on grade level by the end of the school year may find themselves repeating the grade. Maryland’s department of education is considering enacting a statewide ...

Members of the Maryland State Board of Education were skeptical Tuesday of State Superintendent Carey Wright’s draft literacy policy that includes holding back third graders who can’t read on grade ...