Word problems try and tell students a story about the math problem in front of them. They are a useful way to connect abstract numbers to concrete situations, so students can learn early on to apply ...
Reading levels dropped to historic lows during the pandemic. Now parents, teachers and tech companies are hoping AI can help solve America’s literacy crisis. America’s literacy challenge has been ...
Other states have turned their results around with science-based reading instruction. We can too. Last month, the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores were released. These ...
Nearly a year ago, when Education Week hosted an online conference about adolescent literacy across the content areas, we got a lot of interested and enthusiastic responses from participants. But we ...
A big problem in schools is the troubling number of students who read below their grade level. Nadine Gaab, Ph.D., an associate professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, says ...
In Wales, no consistent national data are available on how many children can read unfamiliar words at the early stages of learning. Credit: PA The schools watchdog’s latest warnings on literacy in ...