Making English a compulsory subject from grade 1 is undeniably the right direction, but as a parent, the policy still brings me mixed thoughts: I'm worried that my child will be overloaded. My child ...

An earlier study had raised doubts about the effectiveness of learning English in the first grade. Now, researchers have observed that it improves language performance over an extended period of time.

There’s a reading crisis in the public elementary and high schools as claimed by educators and opinion writers in the Inquirer’s past issues. The dismal situation is caused by the following: 1) The ...