Even though it’s the dog days of summer vacation, many schools across the country are getting ready to bring students back into the classroom — and that means giving serious thought to the best ways ...

Children better absorb information with a multi-sensory approach. Children better absorb information when we use a multi-sensory approach, like when we combine sight and sound. The first step toward ...

We’re exploring the declining skills and flagging enthusiasm for reading among American youth. One key cause can be traced back to how kids are taught to read in the earliest grades. Classic reading ...

The Education Secretary will set out the core tenets of the Government’s forthcoming Schools White Paper in a speech to a ...

This week, back to school is in full swing. And children up and down the country will be sat (well, this may be optimistic) ready to learn. In early years education, reading is key. And the great ...

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SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Square Panda, creator of an award-winning multisensory edtech literacy platform aimed at kids in pre-kindergarten to grade 3, announced today that its Square Panda ...

Chad Aldeman has long been steeped in the education policy world. Yet he was still caught off-guard when he realized that his son wasn’t sounding out new words by the time he was in 1st grade but was ...

While phonics is an excellent tool for helping kids learn to read, the shift over the past 25 years toward a more decoding-centered approach in schools is another possible reason our kids aren’t ...

Across the country, parents are discovering that what their children bring home from school looks very little like what they once learned. It isn’t just math — reading lessons, writing expectations, ...

Reading is an essential life skill that predicts success on many levels later in life. There is clear evidence demonstrating that young people who do not learn to read proficiently are more likely to ...