Consistently poor spelling can indicate that a child has dyslexia or another related learning challenge. If that's masked by ...

Sperm whales swimming off the coast of Dominica. The marine mammals have a complex communication system that scientists are working to decode. Amanda Cotton Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

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A Gen Z woman has gone viral after sharing her theory on what she calls the “Gen Alpha accent”—a way of speaking she’s noticed among younger kids. Vivian Peterson (@veeveeunn), 20, a full-time student ...

At Gilles-Sweet Elementary in Fairview Park, Ohio, kindergarten teacher Keri Laughlin combines movement and phonics to help her students build the foundational literacy skills they’ll need as readers.

Education Minister Erica Stanford has overstepped by excluding te reo Māori from future books in a series for learner readers, says the NZ Principals' Federation. A ministry document showed Stanford ...

Literacy experts are challenging the Education Ministry's decision to discontinue a junior reading book that contains six Māori words. The ministry said it would not reprint 'At the Marae' in its ...

As a new school year approaches and more school districts implement state-mandated evidence-based reading instruction, the literacy crisis is front of mind. The alarm bells are still ringing in the ...

Tasked with spelling out the word "drop," the first grader at Logan Elementary School had instead written "drip" onto his laminated sheet with a dry-erase marker. But quickly realizing that spelling ...

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"The Vowel A" teaches viewers about the short and long sounds of the vowel letter A. It explains how the presence of a final 'e' at the end of words changes the sound of A from short to long. Through ...