Between kindergarten and second grade, much of the school day is dedicated to helping our youngest students master phonics, syllabication, and letter-sound correspondence–the essential building blocks ...

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Humans are hard-wired to appreciate stories, and there is a huge diversity of stories geared toward upper elementary and middle school students. However, interest in reading and learning often ...

Today’s middle schoolers continue to struggle post-pandemic to read and write at the level needed to successfully navigate more complex academic content in the upper grades and beyond, according to a ...