Every parent of multiple children will tell you that each child does things at their own pace and in their own way. For instance, one child might love baseball and excel at throwing one while another ...
Oliver James is the author of the memoir "Unread: A Memoir of Learning (and Loving) to Read on TikTok", released in February 2026.
As a result of childhood learning disabilities and educational neglect, Oliver James graduated from high school and became one of approximately 45 million functionally illiterate Americans.
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My post doc after finishing my degree in 1984 was teaching first grade at the bilingual elementary where I had done dissertation research. As I headed out into the real world, a widely admired ...
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In Milwaukee, only 9% of fourth grade students meet grade level expectations for reading. That’s based on the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress exam results, which show that ...
A couple of months back, my Harvard class on educational assessment met virtually with Sondra Mims and Comer Yates, CAO and CEO of the Atlanta Speech School, who asked the class to make a few educated ...
The first major moment in a child’s schooling — what many educators call the "make-or-break" year for literacy — is third grade. By the end of third grade, students are expected to transition from ...
The vast majority of students who graduated high school while detained in California’s juvenile facilities in a five-year span between 2018 and 2023 did not pass a 12th grade reading assessment. In ...
When Mississippi reformed its reading curriculum in 2013, scores for the state’s elementary school students soared. Inspired by the “Mississippi miracle,” other Southern states followed suit. But the ...