Systematic, explicit phonics instruction is proving to be a game-changer in early literacy, helping children build strong decoding skills and reading confidence. From research-backed classroom ...

With educators under enormous pressure to make sure students meet grade level standards in reading and math, writing often takes a back seat in the curriculum, as many literacy experts have observed.

Many states have recently enacted laws or rules designed to ensure that teachers are well versed in evidence-based reading instruction. Here are some highlights. Requires districts to provide core ...

Our primary recommendation is for educators and educational leadership to provide school-wide systematic vocabulary instruction for low-income children and English language learners. The positions of ...

"As educators, we know the ability to read proficiently is one of the strongest predictors of academic and life success," said Kelly Stuart, President and CEO of Collaborative Classroom. "Third-party ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What is the appropriate role of phonics in reading instruction? The role of phonics in reading instruction is often debated: how big, how small, and how should it be ...

We provide structured, systematic instruction in grammar, mechanics, sentence structure, and style, recognizing that linguistic form is essential to meaning in a second language. Instruction ...

Collaborative Classroom, a leading nonprofit publisher of K–12 instructional materials, announces the publication of SIPPS, a systematic decoding program. Now in a new fifth edition, this ...