Retired teacher Kathleen Alfke-Simpson created a free program called Reading Boot Camp to help children aged 3 to 17 learn to read, write in cursive, and get help with math problems.

Typing engages fewer neural circuits, resulting in more passive cognitive engagement.” This context is helpful, but elementary teachers will also need to know how to teach it. Today’s veteran teachers ...

After previous years of low literacy rates, San Joaquin County is actively making changes to improve student reading scores.

Four elementary schools in Johnson County are recipients of 2026 Read to Achieve grants. A total of 243 competitive applications from across the state were submitted to the Kentucky Department of ...

Teachers say they want to equip high school students to drive artificial intelligence, rather than be mere passengers steered by chatbots. By Natasha Singer Reporting from North Star Academy ...

Every field has a technique that’s, shall we say, uncomfortable. Something simple, effective, and powerful. But also something professionals quietly avoid. In reading instruction, that technique was ...

The company, which owns Chrysler, Fiat, Jeep and Peugeot, is changing its strategy to gasoline and hybrid vehicles in an effort to revive weak sales. By Neal E. Boudette Five years ago, the European ...

Dan is an assistant managing editor at Raw Story based in Colorado, producing and editing breaking political news. Dan previously worked as a news associate at The Associated Press in Philadelphia, ...

This past year, a computer scientist named Tuhin Chakrabarty tried to coax artificial intelligence into producing great writing. Chakrabarty, who had recently completed a Ph.D. at Columbia University, ...

When you are dying, at least in my limited experience, you start remembering everything. Images come in flashes—people and places and stray conversations—and refuse to stop. I see my best friend from ...

The catchall term “the science of reading” has become increasingly popular in recent years—and misunderstandings about what the approach actually entails are commonplace in the media and even in ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California took a big step toward overhauling its reading curriculum last week when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill ...