But in many cases, K-2 teachers continued to use some classroom materials that did not meet standards for teaching foundational reading skills in phonics, phonemic awareness, and fluency—though many ...

The idea that the “science” in reading instruction only supports phonics instruction has been “hard to dislodge,” said Maria ...

At the end of their experiment, RISE Elementary students were pulling out a gooey, stringy substance from their strawberry mush. “That’s not a booger, that’s DNA,” Joseph Williams told the students.

From word walls to peer presentations, these classroom strategies help students thrive as scientists and English learners.

The ‘science of reading’ is gaining momentum across the country. But making it happen in Michigan classrooms takes time, ...

I have been an educator for 37 years, and I choose to use data-informed decision-making for my students’ instruction rather ...

Short Wave – a great science podcast from NPR with short episodes on really interesting weekly science news. Gen Z Media ...

Infants as young as 15 months can use language context to infer the meaning of words referring to objects they’ve never seen.

Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas pulled a bill on early literacy instruction and asked proponents and adversaries to reach a ...

Do you use the word “very” when speaking or writing ... Instead, she suggests writing your own first draft, then uploading it to your preferred AI. Then ask the software to flag every use ...

“I’ve been trying to create the science of magic, which uses [tricks] as a way of exploring the human mind,” Kuhn says. It seems to be working – more than 150 “science of magic” papers ...