Before every important test, teacher Nancy Barajas dims the lights, turns on a disco ball and blasts music from her playlist.
MODESTO, Calif. — Before every important test, teacher Nancy Barajas dims the lights, turns on a disco ball and blasts music from her playlist. Her sixth graders dance together as a “pre-celebration” ...
U.S. reading scores started to erode before the pandemic. Then came ‘a mudslide.’ But some school districts are bucking that ...
US faces ‘reading recession’ as school test scores continue to decline - Between 2022 and 2025, only five states and the ...
The United States is experiencing what researchers describe as a "reading recession," with student reading performance continuing to decline nationwide even as some districts show local improvements, ...
Researchers say U.S. students entered a yearslong “learning recession” before the pandemic, with reading scores now near ...
Recently, I worked with a group of elementary teachers in Iowa to select new reading textbooks and software. They wanted new materials to improve their district’s stagnant reading scores. After ...
When the Chautauqua Institution canceled this year’s Battle of the Books event, Ripley School students decided the battle ...
The BOOK IT! program is teaming up with Pizza Hut to reward kids with free pizza for reading over the summer. Enrollment opens May 1. The program runs June 1 through Aug. 31. The program is for ...
Tower Rock Elementary in Sauk Prairie will receive an early literacy coach next school year as part of a statewide effort to ...
As the number of students with educational disabilities rises, one JCPS school is showing how educators can help them succeed in the classroom.