There’s an old Roman insult that goes like this: “He can’t read or swim.” The presumption is that just about anyone who applied himself (or herself) could learn these skills. Indeed, many countries ...
Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. We have allowed one of the most amazing and sophisticated human accomplishments – ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided front row seats to an underappreciated truth about science. I’m not referring to white coats and spinning test tubes. I’m referring to the part of science dealing ...
Things got really big in a Berks Nature classroom on Saturday. An event titled “Microscopic Science: The Small World of Angelica Creek Park” drew learners from ages 5 to older than 60. Starting with ...
Drexel University's School of Education is excited to welcome producer, writer, and star of “Hopeville: How to Win the Reading Wars,” Harvey Hubbell, as he shares his film and leads a post-film panel ...
Linnea Ehri, Ph.D., distinguished professor emerita of education psychology at the City University of New York, published a benchmark science-of-reading study in 2014 summarizing decades of her work ...
At a time of rising interest nationwide in phonics-focused reading instruction, few California districts are using so-called “science of reading” curricula as their basis for teaching elementary ...