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Teachers who supplement "may be signaling about inadequacies in the materials that are provided to them,” write the authors ...
Now think about whether you read for pleasure in English. Reading English materials is a good start to foster a love of reading and can also help make reading academic texts more manageable.
A new study co-authored by the University of Delaware’s Steven Amendum has found that children who had strong early reading skills in their native Spanish language when they entered kindergarten ...
After analyzing dozens of K-12 math textbooks—and determining that most of the major publishers were selling subpar common-core products—the curriculum review group EdReports.org has moved on ...
Under the new Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts, students are learning to dissect, analyze, and comprehend the type of complex reading they will encounter in college and the ...
At the same time, reviewers deplored the lack of any specific guidance on appropriate English reading material — guidance that had been provided in the Common Core exemplar lists, now discarded.
Two prominent California advocacy organizations for English learners are firmly opposing a new state bill that would mandate that reading instruction be aligned with the “science of reading,” saying ...
Immigrant parents worry their children will struggle with reading and fret that as non-English speakers, they can't help. A new study shows that's simply not true. Reading to a young child in any ...
Below are some suggestions about how you might begin to get into gear for your English Literature degree. We don’t expect you to attempt to do even half of everything listed here: do take time to ...