Teaching Research
Artificial Intelligence
Can AI Improve Literacy Outcomes for English Learners?
The federal government is funding a project that will explore AI's potential to improve English learners' early literacy skills.
Classroom Technology
What Does Watching All Those Videos Do to Kids’ Brains?
Video content is ubiquitous inside and outside classrooms. Educators should know how it affects students.
Reading & Literacy
Video
Video: Why Are Parents Suing Lucy Calkins and Fountas & Pinnell?
All you need to know about the lawsuit targeting popular literacy gurus Lucy Calkins, Irene Fountas, and Gay Su Pinnell.
Reading & Literacy
What the Research Says
What’s in the ‘Secret Sauce’ That Made This Virtual Reading Tutoring Work?
High attendance, well-trained tutors, and trusting relationships helped close learning gaps.
Teaching
Opinion
Research Studies That Teachers Can Get Behind
Not every education study is transformational for student learning. These studies are.
Reading & Literacy
Teachers Say Older Kids Need Help With Basic Reading Skills, Too
Secondary teachers want more support to help their students who struggle to understand the texts they use in class.
Reading & Literacy
Teachers Are Still Teaching Older Students Basic Reading Skills, Survey Finds
Who across the K-12 spectrum engages frequently in activities that promote foundational reading skills? The answer may come as a surprise.
Mathematics
Video
Make Math Instruction Better: 3 Tips on How From Researchers
°ÄÃÅÅܹ·ÂÛ̳'s Sarah D. Sparks shares three insights on improving math instruction from this year's AERA conference.
Teaching
Opinion
So Much Research, So Little Time for Teachers to Put It Into Practice
Education research is voluminous, but teachers often aren't shown how to adapt the findings into their practice.
Reading & Literacy
How Much Time Should Teachers Spend on a Foundational Reading Skill? Research Offers Clues
Students benefited from being taught phonemic awareness—recognizing and manipulating the sounds in English—but only up to a point.
School & District Management
What the Research Says
10 Education Studies You Should Know From 2023
These studies yielded new insights on social media, ChatGPT, and math, among other topics.
Mathematics
Why Does Fact Fluency Matter in Math? 4 Educators Offer Answers
Teachers and district leaders talk about why math fact fluency is required and how they provide support for students who struggle.
Reading & Literacy
Morphology Instruction: 5 Resources for Educators
Morphology instruction can help students break down complex words into meaningful parts—and make parsing them less intimidating.
Reading & Literacy
What Is Morphology? Should Teachers Include It in Reading Instruction?
Teaching about word parts—such as prefixes, suffixes, and roots—may help students develop their academic vocabularies.