The students in Emily Hoard’s first-grade class trace letters in their sand trays, then break down the sounds the letters make in simple words. This is what the science of reading looks like as Hoard ...

New York's youngest students may soon see a renewed focus on phonics, as the pendulum in the age-old debate over how to teach reading swings toward the so-called "science of reading." Gov. Kathy ...

Educators are rethinking how reading should be taught in schools. New research has highlighted flaws in decades-old methods. As a result, dozens of states have passed laws or implemented new policies ...

Elementary school teachers have noticed that their students don’t have the coping strategies to self-regulate—or manage their emotions and behaviors—that previous generations had. More than 8 in 10 ...

Many students above third or fourth grade struggle with reading. Evidence suggests a large contributing factor has been overlooked—and there may be a fairly simple way to address it. A lot of ...

While the young children in my classroom know how to play together, they often do not intuitively know how to work together. Free time at home, with nothing scheduled and no electronics, is the ...

Teaching artificial intelligence concepts to students at any level can be intimidating for teachers who aren’t technology experts, but it can feel especially overwhelming to those with students of ...

The overwhelming majority of teachers, principals, and district leaders in the United States believe that students should learn how artificial intelligence works at some point in their K-12 education, ...

Cara Elizabeth Furman receives funding from the University of Maine at Farmington Trustee Professorship. I’m a former elementary school teacher and I now study how teachers make ethical decisions.