Yann LeCun is a Turing Award recipient and a top AI researcher, but he has long been a contrarian figure in the tech world.

My job is to help them move beyond their assumptions, in literature and everything else.

Step inside a sixth grade classroom in Milwaukee and there are silent clues about how well each student can read. Teacher Anna Luberda looks for two specific things. She has been teaching since 2010, ...

Literacy rates in the United States have been declining for over a decade, with the COVID-19 pandemic worsening the trend. Experts suggest that language development begins in utero and that reading to ...

Tech tools that correct spelling may be convenient, but they can mask a serious problem. Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; Constantine Johnny / Moment / SeventyFour / iStock / Getty If you know ...

Leave this field empty if you’re human: In 2021, four boys transferred from private schools into Lesli Tompkins’s fourth-grade classroom at J.V. Forrestal Elementary in Beacon. They were “brilliant ...

In October, the Washington Post declared the victory of phonics over whole language instruction. California was bowing to reality, joining red states like Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana in ...

Education news and commentary, delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 newsletter. This article is part of Bright Spots, a series highlighting schools where every child learns to read, no ...