Scientists have spent the last five years observing sperm whale communication and behaviors using tags, buoys and drones. They’ve finally begun to learn how whales use calls for communication.

Building better readers should involve more than teaching the core components of early literacy—these five strategies are ...

Advocates for the science of reading need to expand their view of the science and push for the adoption of curricula that incorporate it. Opponents and even advocates of the “science of reading” often ...

Scientists have decoded the language that whales use to communicate with each other in the ocean during social interactions ...

As ubiquitous as colored pencils and alphabet posters, lists of “sight words” have long been a fixture in kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms. These inventories identify some of the most commonly ...

The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) welcomed Assembly Member Robert Carroll (D/WF-Brooklyn) on Nov. 12 for story time with 1st ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What is the appropriate role of phonics in reading instruction? The role of phonics in reading instruction is often debated: how big, how small, and how should it be ...

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