Curriculum Reading Writing 
eSchool News
MARCH 5, 2024
Wisconsin is creating a new literacy office and hiring reading coaches. Ohio is dedicating millions to a curriculum overhaul. But a national policy group says many states still have significant work to do to ensure strong reading instruction. We cannot continue to accept the reading outcomes that we’ve been seeing,” she said.
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
eighth gradersstruggle with long-form writing on tests and classwork. Not only does this affect their ability to communicate effectively, it also affects their reading skills, because writing and literacy are closely linked. Writing improves students reading fluency. According to one analysis ,half of U.S.
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eSchool News
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
Within the first quarter of this school year, gaps in academic proficiencies such as reading, writing and math have become prevalent. The answer lies in the inclusion of arts in a STEM-centered curriculum. A STEAM learning approach encourages collaboration to understand and distill new concepts.
eSchool News
JANUARY 30, 2023
Learning a new language is challenging, requiring a student to master four basic skills–listening, reading, speaking, and writing–from scratch. Speaking and writing are about producing the language, requiring a different mental muscle from learners. Above-average writing skills are a must here to succeed.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 28, 2022
Early simulations like Reader Rabbit are still used in classrooms to drill reading and math skills. It’ll start with a plot of land and students will write the story, cast the characters, create the entire 1776 world. Game playing develops reading skills. On the surface, it’s not so surprising. Again, think Legos.
eSchool News
JUNE 30, 2023
Was early exposure to texting crimping our students’ ability to write correctly? To engage in the critical thinking process that underpins the ability to write? Not surprisingly, for many of our eighth-grade students, how they texted was bleeding into how they approached writing in the classroom.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 28, 2023
If we wish to see continued success, we will need to use everything the science of reading has taught us and provide students with a healthy diet of explicit literacy instruction that includes foundational skills like decoding, in addition to building content knowledge and higher-order comprehension strategies.
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