When the midyear report brought more of the same concerns, we suggested he repeat the year. Immediately, the teachers ...

The program combines weekly literacy coaching, tech and data reports to increase literacy rates among children.

The conflicting emotions I feel during the first day of school always surprise me. While I’m excited to get into ...

Explore daily insights on the USA TODAY crossword puzzle by Sally Hoelscher. Uncover expert takes and answers in our ...

Padda is the Swedish word for a common toad (Bufo bufo in Latin). It lives all over Sweden (and almost all of Europe) and is a protected species in Scandinavia. A frog is known as a groda in Sweden, ...

The last day of preschool was harder on me than on my kids. I realized they'll never be this little again.

A word that will come in handy after summer storms. Éclaircie, pronounced ay-clare-see, is usually used to mean a sunny spell between periods of rain or clearing in a cloudy sky. Although the ...

Because knowing how to label the rich is an important part of your French education.

It's the opposite in the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the shortest day of the year and winter will start. The word “solstice” comes from the Latin words “sol” for sun and “stitium” which can mean ...

While the word checken can be used like its English cognate – to check – its other meaning offers a casual way to ask if someone’s on the same page as you.

California’s dismal reading scores point to the need to bolster early literacy, but here's why experts say it may be possible to introduce reading too early.