By the time Ana made it to my kindergarten classroom as a repeater, she felt defeated — anxious, frustrated, and convinced that reading was out of reach. Her previous struggles with literacy had ...

We speak differently than we write. For comprehension development, children need exposure to syntax common to both.

Meeting a child’s basic needs and ensuring that they feel safe and calm are vital, yet commonly overlooked, conditions to ...

I take issue with Douglas Rooks’ oversimplification of Maine’s National Assessment of Education (NAEP) reading scores as a “progressive education” vs. “back to basics” debate (“Maine Department of ...