As ubiquitous as colored pencils and alphabet posters, lists of “sight words” have long been a fixture in kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms. These inventories identify some of the most commonly ...

Under No Child Left Behind, America had no strategy for teaching beginning reading that anyone could articulate or achieve. Common Core State Standards can now correct that problem by adopting a ...

As a new school year approaches and more school districts implement state-mandated evidence-based reading instruction, the literacy crisis is front of mind. The alarm bells are still ringing in the ...