Every year on 8 September, the world comes together to celebrate International Literacy Day. It is a day that reminds us that the ability to read and write is not just a skill, but also a fundamental ...

September 8 is observed globally as International Literacy Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of literacy for individuals and communities. Established by UNESCO in 1967, ...

Want to know if a K-2 classroom is using explicit, systematic phonics or balanced literacy? This visual illustrates some of the main instructional differences between the two approaches to early ...

If students are “glued” 24/7 to their mobile devices, why is it necessary for schools to teach digital literacy? Who should teach it? And wait … what does it even mean to be “digitally literate”? If ...

Think of all the things you read in a day — emails, books, and the news. What about Facebook posts, Instagram captions, Tweets, editorials, ads, and subtitles? How about maps, memes, and infographics?