Sound walls guide students to investigate phonemes and make informed choices when they’re unsure how to spell out a sound.

Teachers can ignite students’ enthusiasm for writing with creative assignments based on the books, movies, and TV shows they love.

Well-trained teachers and school leaders are needed to improve literacy instruction, writes Molly Ness, who launched the Coalition for Literacy Equity this year.

NTA-lådorna landade på Dammfri förskola i början av hösten. Där har man kombinerat undervisning i natur- och teknikämnet med Läslyftet och arbetat med fokusverb, vilket skapat en röd tråd genom hela terminen. Barn och pedagoger har blandat, rullat och filtrerat tillsammans.

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.

Clear strategies for each stage of the writing process help students improve their writing and serve as effective readers for their peers.

Teachers can use stories and poems to boost students’ understanding of math and science concepts while giving them extra reading practice.

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.