National Reading Month reminds us that helping Michigan children become strong readers takes more than schools alone, writes ...

Balanced Literacy downplays structured phonics, where kids learn by memorizing letters' sounds. Is that why some are struggling to read?

An influential researcher in the science of reading movement is warns schools may be "overteaching" the skill.

"My child can't read!" That's become a common complaint from parents. Updated: Wed Mar 11, 2026 ...

Ashlee Beatty, director of curriculum and instruction and Heather Grant, director of elementary education, presented a proposal to the Wood County Board of Education Tuesday night that they say will ...

Teaching methods have changed over recent years, particularly in the areas of reading and writing. The pendulum is swinging back, though, so phonics and cursive writing are turning up in lesson plans.

At the March 9 joint meeting of the Alachua County Commission and Gainesville City Commission, Commissioners heard an update on their Literacy Action Plan.

Not all state standards are created equal.

Amber Hardman, director of federal programs, gave the Wood County Board of Education an in-depth overview of what federal education dollars can and cannot fund Tuesday, and “how the district plans to ...

Amber Hardman, director of federal programs, gave the Wood County Board of Education an in-depth overview of what federal education dollars can and cannot fund Tuesday, and “how the district plans to ...

As students race ahead with AI, the region's schools are struggling to define when, how or if it should be used.

Keen to explain how we should regard this technology today is Andrew Filev, CEO and founder at Zencoder, a company known for its cloud-based video encoding service that converts files for any device.