Lucy Flores, a preschool teacher from California, is also teaching her father how to read and write. “I was thinking to myself, I’m able to teach these children how to read and write, why am I not ...

During a parent-teacher conference several weeks ago with Andrew's pre-kindergarten teacher, I mentioned Andrew's disinterest in learning how to write. I've been concerned that he resists writing his ...

My daughter is onto me. As I read bedtime stories to her, sometimes I’ll stop, point to a word, and in my most convincing voice, and say, “Hmm, I don’t know this one. C-A-P? Can you help me?” The ...

Researchers in Switzerland have designed a system where children teach robot students how to write, and in the process improve their own handwriting skills. This learning by teaching paradigm, they ...

Robots haven’t taken over the world just yet, but they’re certainly becoming more and more a part of our everyday lives. Just last month, Japan announced that it was building a hotel that would be ...

WEBVTT NEARLY ONE IN FIVE NEBRASKA CHILDREN LIVE IN POVERTY. AND IT OFTEN LEAVES THEM WITH ECONOMIC STRUGGLES LASTING WELL INTO ADULTHOOD. A PILOT PROGRAM IN OMAHA HOPES TO CHANGE THAT. THE STORY IS ...

I’ve been a teacher in the Rutgers-New Brunswick Writing Program for the past 14 years. A few weeks ago, while driving from a department meeting to teach a class, I received a text from the program ...

Literacy today extends beyond reading and writing. The Australian Curriculum defines literacy as the ability to "use language confidently for learning and communicating in and out of school." The ...