After the preschool years, kids still like cartoons, but they want something more complex than straightforward messages about friendship and sharing. They like a bit of conflict, some bad guys (who ...

That research shows most children need explicit instruction in phonics and vocabulary to become proficient readers. Too often, however, Massachusetts students have been deprived of that ...

As mayor of one of the biggest cities in North America, you probably should be able to spell the name of your city’s most popular team. Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker failed this spelling ...

I get really anxious when my boyfriend goes on a trip with this one group of guy friends. Before anyone can judge, I understand that guys should have time to be guys without their partners around ...

Biden wrote Trump a letter but did not disclose what his message said. As President Joe Biden prepared to pass the baton to President-elect Donald Trump, he followed the tradition of leaving his ...

Biden was the seventh president to continue the modern tradition of leaving a letter to his successor. Biden was the sixth president to leave a letter to a successor of another political party and the ...

She also led several major education initiatives, including a switch to phonics-based reading instruction, an expansion of summer school and after-school tutoring programs to help students recover ...

Washington Post rejects Jeff Bezos cartoon by Pulitzer-prize winning cartoonist, Ann Telnaes. Telnaes cartoon pictures bottom of Trump statue. It further depicts Jeff Bezos and other CEOs kneeling ...

The unfounded attacks on Premier Smith continue unabated. Letters pour in, decrying her efforts to defend Alberta’s jobs and economy by trying to work with incoming President Trump instead of ...

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With so many voices in the digital age, it’s vital to know who you can trust - to put the facts in context and to give a comprehensive analysis of what’s going on. And if you get a laugh out ...

Decades of research have shown that phonics instruction—teaching children how letters represent sounds, and how to blend those sounds together to make words—is the most effective way to get ...