Want to help your third-grader master the basics of reading and writing? Here are some of the skills your child will be learning in the classroom. Use what a sentence says to figure out the meaning of ...

Starting in 2017, students in Louisiana schools will learn cursive writing in 3rd grade—and they’ll keep getting instruction on it through graduation. A bill signed by Louisiana governor John Bel ...

Under the new Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts, students are learning to dissect, analyze, and comprehend the type of complex reading they will encounter in college and the ...

The Thousand Words Project was an exciting lesson in my classroom; students were engaged and were able to see a new way of approaching writing. Students who are visual learners got a chance to ...

Results show challenge for teachers in raising kids' skills Only 24% of 8th- and 12th-graders proficient on tests Tests part of national campaign to toughen standards Just one in four middle- and high ...

The Tennessee board of education has given preliminary approval to a new set of handwriting standards for grades 2-4 that include cursive, which a recent law requires students across the state to ...

Current issues are now on the Chicago Journals website. Read the latest issue.Schools: Studies in Education provides a forum for classroom educators to describe and meditate on the complex experiences ...