It’s a glorious thing to watch the expression on a child’s face when they are first able to read. The child is almost stunned that what was once a scramble of letters now makes sense. It is the ...

Parents today often feel the pressure to enroll their children in tutoring sessions to enhance their education. While this can be beneficial in certain situations, instilling a love for self-reading ...

A few months into my first year of teaching middle-school English in Santa Fe, I realized that a handful of my students were not reading books. I had carefully structured the class time so there would ...

Timothy Shanahan, a professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has spent his career evaluating education research and helping teachers figure out what works best in the classroom. A ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Shanahan is a ...