Mothers, metaphors and dyslexia: What language reveals about the challenges of a child's learning disability
Once the mothers had a word—dyslexia—to identify the cause of their child's difficulties, they dived headfirst into research, ...
How One Woman Became the Scapegoat for America’s Reading Crisis
Lucy Calkins was an education superstar. Now she’s cast as the reason a generation of students struggles to read. Can she ...
Viral Baby Pygmy Hippo Moo Deng Has an Official Song Released in Four Languages
The upbeat 50-second song “Moodeng Moodeng," available in Thai, English, Chinese, and Japanese versions, features simple ...
Five tips to help you get your children reading for pleasure – with five books chosen by children
An easy way you can begin to develop a child’s innate choosing strategies is by introducing them to series, or even authors ...
She Was an Education Superstar. Then She Got Blamed for America’s Reading Crisis.
A 2020 report by a nonprofit described Units of Study as “beautifully crafted” but “unlikely to lead to literacy success for all of America’s public schoolchildren.” The criticism became impossible to ...