Teachers can structure supports to guide English learners to speak and write using grade-level, discipline-specific language.

This week’s question is: What are the best instructional strategies for vocabulary development? All educators in all subjects have to teach vocabulary. If our students don’t know the meanings of the ...

Instead of investing in prepackaged software programs, many teachers are harnessing the technology they already have—such as webcams, audio recorders, blogs, and other Web 2.0 tools—to boost literacy ...

Would you want to be a learner in your classroom? That’s not a trick question—think about it. Perhaps some of the activities and lessons wouldn’t resonate if you were sitting behind a desk listening ...

Marlborough Superintendent Jason DeFalco said the city began its elementary literacy overhaul well before the state signaled ...

The WordGirl Definition Competition from Scholastic is a way to engage your students with vocabulary words in an entertaining and interactive context. During the 30-minute, live webcast, students will ...

In this video, I share a fun, academic-based classroom game I call “Snake.” It’s perfect for keeping young students quiet and ...

In a classroom in upstate New York, a special education teacher pulls up a set of Tobii eye-tracking devices, each calibrated ...