Upper elementary teachers can make small shifts in how they teach writing to spark students’ interest and promote critical thinking.

In the four years since their school's reading challenges were brought to light, some gains have been made, write Ryan Powell, principal, and Steven Holifield, assistant principal. In this blog post, they share five ways the school's online literacy platform helps improve outcomes for students.

Neuroscientist Nina Kraus believes music education is a vital complement to teaching core subjects. “Playing music will help the reading, writing and arithmetic, in addition to the other ways that it strengthens brain development.”

“There are really two different aspects to reading,” said Education journalist Natalie Wexler on KQED’s Forum program. "One is decoding, just matching sounds to letters. That really is a set of skills that you need to be taught directly. But reading comprehension skills are different."

Elevane les for Foxine (9) og Borvo (3). Det kan vere betre enn å lese for vaksne, seier forskar.

Two-minute book talks in classrooms can build on the excitement of many students reading the same book and can encourage a love of reading, according to authors Lynne Dorfman and Brenda Krupp.

When students make observations, they learn how to describe what they see, interpret the images, and then make deeper connections.

En årskurs 4 på Nanny Palmkvistskolan arbetade i fyra veckor med ett projekt kring fysisk aktivitet, där konceptet med SCRIIN-aktivitetsmätare var en nyckel i arbetet. Idrottslärare Sebastian Hansson och specialpedagog Maria Dahlgren ser positiva effekter från projektet både gällande klassrumsklimat, läshastighet och elevernas generella rörelse.