A larm bells are tolling for students of all ages and literacy levels, from trends in COVID-19 recovery, to fundamental ...

Instead, they promoted Balanced Literacy, which framed teacher-directed instruction as outdated and focused on a student-centered approach to reading. Fast forward to 2022, when the Sold a Story ...

Thousands of schools once used three-cueing as part of the “balanced literacy” approach championed by Calkins and others that focused, for example, on having children independently read books ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Natalie Wexler is an education writer focusing on literacy. New York is requiring elementary schools to choose one of three literacy ...

The opposing side champions "balanced literacy," emphasizing word recognition and context clues. Policies have vacillated back and forth for over a century, but since 2019, the science of reading ...

California has joined a national effort to change how reading is being taught. States nationwide are rethinking balanced literacy, which has its roots in whole language instruction or teaching ...

Correspondent Teachers in area schools will take a more individualized approach to reading instruction in a new reading curriculum that emphasizes student interest and ability. The ...