Scrunched up faces and splashing feet filled the Hampton Virginia Aquaplex as students from two elementary schools learned to hold their breath underwater and work on their kicks. They were ...

Reading School District officials are expanding efforts to improve literacy across all grades with the help of reading ...

When reading, second graders turn words they can see on the page into words they can say. For spelling, they turn words they can say into words they can see when they write. (Herron, 2020) When ...

The State Board of Education will likely vote on the lessons in November. If members give their seal of approval, it will enable districts to tap into extra state funding meant to encourage schools to ...

In early literacy, the goal is simple but urgent: Help students become independent readers and writers. Every instructional decision we make either moves them closer to that goal or keeps them ...

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It is crunch time for second and third graders throughout Indiana. The first testing window of 2026 for the administration of the IREAD assessment opens in one week, on March 2nd. The IREAD is Indiana ...