Silas McLellan, a kindergartner in a play-based learning class, plays with toy blocks during Choice Time at Symonds ...

Jennifer Zavodny, a teacher at Academy Early Childhood Center, wrote 'Piper the Pumpkin' to help kindergarteners learn ...

Some advocates and parents are worried the state's new literacy laws won't be enough to move districts not already embracing ...

Teachers can guide students to practice a behavior that provides encouragement and promotes feelings of personal success.

Four-year-old students learn how to learn in transitional kindergarten through play-based lessons. See how it works in San ...

A statewide fellowship has given an Oregon elementary teacher the chance to advocate for early education across the state. “I ...

First HISD took the libraries. Now teachers say the district's curriculum leaves no room for storybooks and some are secretly reading to students anyway.

When students at Moline Elementary gather for reading lessons, their teachers now use strategies that go beyond memorization — helping children connect sounds, letters, and meaning. It’s part of a ...

All computers come with spellcheckers and iPhones autocorrect their users’ texts. But despite those everyday features, formal spelling instruction still pays off, the findings of a new study suggest.

Supporters of the bill hope it will improve literacy instruction and outcomes while opponents worry that it is overly prescriptive and will limit the methods teachers have available to teach students.

A new state law has complicated efforts to expand access to reading materials and get books into the hands of students at school libraries across San Antonio.

As students settle into the school year and their teachers are hard at work, administrators in some of the rivertowns ...