Rooted in Reading

Research has revealed key truths about how children learn to read. Can we apply these findings in classrooms without reigniting the "Reading Wars"?

Why I decided our district needed to change course.

One teacher's journey to overcoming instructional confusion.

In a culture of busyness, schools have a responsibility to cultivate intentionally present, immersive reading.

When crafted with attention and insight, reading workshop can build students' capacity and engagement as readers.

Pared down standards with an emphasis on lots of reading and writing are the cure to the Common Core.

To read critically, students need both literacy skills and content knowledge—so let's deliver both simultaneously.

Schools need to give black students opportunities to cultivate their own strong reading identities.

To help students make strides as readers, educators need to reconsider how they schedule and focus instruction.

Three questions school leaders should ask every day to optimize literacy instruction.

Conversing within and about a text creates a powerful connection for students, especially when you have the right book.

What it takes to build a culture of reading in secondary schools.

The science of reading instruction is clear. Let's listen to the research.

Transferable literacy skills can help students across content areas. Watch the video.

We must create a culture of professional reading among faculty.

A founding father's views on race challenge educators to respond.

For reading, especially, one-size-fits-all fits no one.

Reader responses to recent issues of EL.

An interview with the actor, producer, and world-recognized advocate of children's literacy, sharing his thoughts on diverse books, the best platforms to reach kids about reading, and his upcoming keynote address at ASCD's Empower 2020 Conference.

Findings from the ILA research brief, "Meeting the Challenges of Early Literacy Phonics Instruction," and from the 2019 statement by Lucy Calkins, "No One Gets to Own the Term 'The Science of Reading.'"

A review of the 2019 book, Language at the Speed of Sight: How We Read, Why So Many Can't, and What Can Be Done About It, by Mark Seidenberg.