This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. As a progressive educator in New York City for 30 years, I thought I had all the answers. The ...

What is explicit, systematic phonics instruction? There is strong research-backed evidence that students will develop the necessary literacy skills to become proficient readers by third grade when ...

A valuable pedagogical process is the concept and application of explicit teaching, chunking, and sequence learning. According to Edwards-Groves (2012), explicit teaching can be thought of as the ...

One of the most influential names in the “science of reading” movement has issued a surprising warning: After years of neglecting to systematically teach students foundational reading skills, he says, ...

Spelling knowledge is essential for the brain’s reading architecture. To connect the alphabet code the reader sees on the page to circuitry enabling reading comprehension, the reader must use ...

A primary purpose of “The Next 30 Years” is to turn up the lights on teachers, researchers, and instructional leaders who deserve a higher profile. Zach Groshell is one of them. He is author of the ...

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While explicit, or evidence-based, teaching methods – where teachers break down new concepts, model steps and provide opportunities for students to practice – in language and reading are ...