A new curriculum teaches young children how to break down words by their sounds and then put them back together.

Federal appeals court rules elementary students have First Amendment protections, reviving a lawsuit over a first-grader's Black Lives Matter drawing.

Balanced Literacy downplays structured phonics, where kids learn by memorizing letters' sounds. Is that why some are ...

Take, for example, the rule of doubling the letters f, l, s, and z when they come after a short vowel in a one-syllable word, such as “stuff”—this is essentially a spelling rule and nothing more. Most ...

A new phonics program at Bradley Elementary School has resulted in 80% of students reading above grade level. The program from the University of Florida Literacy Institute focuses on decoding skills ...

The NCAA Rules Subcommittee proposed a one-year trial rule to modify the rules regarding targeting penalties -- particularly disqualifications. Under a new recommendation, players disqualified for ...

A teacher at a Nashville elementary school claimed his job was threatened after he refused to read a book about same-sex marriage to his young students. According to the legal group First Liberty ...

Environmental and health groups sued the E.P.A. over its elimination of the endangerment finding. The matter is likely to end up before the Supreme Court. By Karen Zraick The first shot has been fired ...

UMass Amherst likely violated a student’s First Amendment rights when the campus suspended the pro-Palestine protester for a year, a judge has ruled. The school was ordered to lift the suspension for ...

A dad was left scratching his head after struggling to come up with an answer to a particularly tricky question in his child’s first-grade English homework. It soon became clear, however, that there ...

First and third base coaches will have to remain in the coach's box until the pitch is thrown after MLB's owners voted to enforce the rule at their quarterly meetings Thursday, reports ESPN. The goal ...

Peek inside a kindergarten, first-grade, or second-grade classroom at Midland Public Schools any day of the week, and you’re guaranteed to see adorable kiddos and a flurry of activity. What you’re ...