Each is entangled with many interacting variables, making it hard to isolate a single cause (e.g., coffee, a teaching method) for a specific outcome (e.g., heart disease, reading proficiency). For ...
Brenda Allan says that not all children are school ready when they start school (Image: George Blair) Furthermore, children from disadvantaged backgrounds are less likely to live in neighbourhoods ...
JENNY Priestley was a primary school teacher for two decades. In September 2022, the mum-of-two wanted to take her boys to school and pick them up each day, and attend some of their activities.
The results are “dramatic,” said Devin Kearns, a professor in early literacy at North Carolina State University, who was not involved with the study. Gains from UFLI are equivalent to 8 months of ...
The United States faces a nationwide crisis in which our young people are reading at alarmingly low rates, with just 1 in 3 fourth-graders meeting proficiency standards. So why are some focused on ...