After 14 years in education, I consider myself to be a good reading teacher. Unfortunately, the path to getting where I am today was a long, frustrating journey. Growing up, as the child of two ...

Nationally, the 2008 recession was affecting the school community and due to budget cuts, it also affected my job and I ultimately landed in a first grade classroom. I was definitely not prepared to ...

A Delaware teacher says a program that brings foster puppies into the classroom is helping students improve their reading skills. Brooke Hughes, who has been teaching first grade for the past 12 years ...

Hanby Elementary School's Foster Tales Puppy Therapy program launched last year. A Delaware teacher says a program that brings foster puppies into the classroom is helping students improve their ...

"The puppies don't care if you get stuck on a word. They're just happy to sit in your lap. So much confidence has come from this program," Brooke Hughes said Erin Clack is a Staff Editor for PEOPLE.

My post doc after finishing my degree in 1984 was teaching first grade at the bilingual elementary where I had done dissertation research. As I headed out into the real world, a widely admired ...

A third-grader works through a phonics lesson in Washington, Ill. Editor at Large As a teacher in Oakland, Calif., Kareem Weaver helped struggling fourth- and fifth-grade kids learn to read by using a ...

When COVID-19 escalated in March 2020, our growth skyrocketed as we learned how to embed reading curriculum into daily Zoom classes. We created our own daily presentations, recording phonics, posting ...

Este artículo está disponible en español. Léelo en español. At Frank Sparkes Elementary, words fly everywhere. On a recent Monday, kindergartners sang and danced as they learned about the silent e ...