Upper elementary teachers can make small shifts in how they teach writing to spark students’ interest and promote critical thinking.

In the four years since their school's reading challenges were brought to light, some gains have been made, write Ryan Powell, principal, and Steven Holifield, assistant principal. In this blog post, they share five ways the school's online literacy platform helps improve outcomes for students.

Clear strategies for each stage of the writing process help students improve their writing and serve as effective readers for their peers.

Teachers can use stories and poems to boost students’ understanding of math and science concepts while giving them extra reading practice.

Neuroscientist Nina Kraus believes music education is a vital complement to teaching core subjects. “Playing music will help the reading, writing and arithmetic, in addition to the other ways that it strengthens brain development.”

“There are really two different aspects to reading,” said Education journalist Natalie Wexler on KQED’s Forum program. "One is decoding, just matching sounds to letters. That really is a set of skills that you need to be taught directly. But reading comprehension skills are different."

Ofta när elever i svenskämnet blir ombedda att göra en kritiskt granskning av en text pekar de på om källan är pålitlig eller ej. Textens innehåll lämnas däremot i många fall utanför granskningen.

Elevane les for Foxine (9) og Borvo (3). Det kan vere betre enn å lese for vaksne, seier forskar.

Ju fler böcker där hemma, desto bättre går det i skolan. Ny forskning visar att bokhyllans omfång och föräldrarnas yrkesval är det som mest påverkar svenska elevers möjligheter att lyckas med skolarbetet.