Helping students learn to read is usually the job of early elementary educators. But teachers of older children—who report that nearly half of their students have difficulty reading—say they need more ...

Motivating kids to read has always been a challenge for parents, teachers, and caregivers alike. For many children, learning ...

They were the kids most disrupted by the pandemic, the ones who were still learning to write their names and tie their shoes when schools shut down in the spring of 2020. Now, they’re the big kids at ...

Hello! I cover the Northtowns for 7 News WKBW. If you have a story idea, please email me at [email protected] BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — Governor Kathy Hochul is proposing an old approach in hopes of ...

New York needs to get back to the basics when it comes to teaching kids how to read, Gov. Kathy Hochul says. The Governor announced Wednesday that she wants to ditch the trendy “whole language” method ...

That was the response from a handful of K-12 teachers—1st grade classroom teachers, high school math teachers, and those in between—to this question posed by Education Week in a recent (unscientific) ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced plans for what she says are fundamental changes to how reading is taught in New York state. Speaking to fourth-graders at the Watervliet Elementary School, Hochul said that ...

Story-tellers are success-builders, according to a group of Fox Chapel Area residents helping to battle the country’s ...

If you understand the words in this editorial column, that’s because someone at home, at school or likelier both taught you how to read. If what we write excites or upsets you and you share your ...

We need to have a serious conversation about reading. If you already stopped reading this, it is probably too late. But you should know there is a troubling pattern taking root: Our children continue ...