eSchool News

Strengthening middle school literacy: What educators need to know

Literacy has always been the foundation of learning, but for middle school students, the stakes are especially high. These years mark the critical shift from learning to read to reading to learn. When ...

McGraw Hill Expands Literacy Franchise with Launch of New Core English Language Arts Curriculum for Grades 6-12

McGraw Hill, Inc. (NYSE: MH) ("McGraw Hill"), a leading global provider of education solutions for preK-12, higher education, ...
The Sector

Play-based learning and early years science: New framework maps how intentional teaching builds scientific literacy

A Charles Sturt University study published in Research in Science Education has mapped a three-stage pathway showing how educator planning, play-based action and reflective practice can work together ...
WYFF

Upstate nonprofit organization partners with schools to promote literacy in young children

NONPROFIT IS JOINING FORCES WITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN ONE DISTRICT TO PROMOTE THE LOVE OF LEARNING. THEY ARE ENCOURAGING READING IN CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS ONE YEAR OLD AND SHOWING THAT IT’S NEVER TOO ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The connection between literacy, employment, health and wellness is striking

The Adult Learning Center in Milwaukee was forced to close its doors last month after serving thousands of people looking to improve their reading and math skills. This comes as 1.5 million people in ...
AZ Central

Literacy begins before kindergarten. Here's how to start building skills with your child

Experts say parents should start building literacy skills before a child enters kindergarten. Engaging children in conversation and asking open-ended questions builds crucial language skills. Parents ...
Forbes

States That Want To Boost Literacy Should Keep An Eye On Texas

Texas, one of several states working to bring reading instruction in line with cognitive science, has made a knowledge-building elementary literacy curriculum freely available to districts, individual ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Introducing New Information Literacy Collections in Learning Lab

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives launches a new series of interactive, online collections focused on information literacy. This set, available in Smithsonian Learning Lab, is dedicated to helping ...
The Business Journals

Building confidence, one lesson at a time: How financial literacy opens the door to stability and mobility

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The Better India

'Nothing for Us, Without Us': How This Deaf Woman Is Helping Deaf Kids Learn English Through Sign Language

Born Deaf, Chennai-based Shraddha Agarwal built SignSetu — a bilingual Indian Sign Language (ISL) platform that helps Deaf ...
UNESCO

Strengthening Literacy and Lifelong learning opportunities in Nepal

Nepal has made tremendous advances in education since the middle of the twentieth century; moving from a country where education was perceived to be only for a small social elite to a country where ...