For most students, learning to read follows a familiar path. For the 120 students at the Holy Childhood, that path has never ...

Last week, Alexis Sorenson introduced her 8th graders to algebraic expressions with a lesson on Greek language roots rather than formulas. Sorenson, a math teacher at Cloquet Middle School in the ...

For most students, learning to read follows a familiar path. For the 120 students at the Holy Childhood, that path has never been straightforward. Placed by public schools whose programs cannot meet ...

South Africans searched "how to spell colour" over 124 000 times in early 2026, making it the most misspelt word in the country. The confusion stems from differences between British and American ...

A recent email sent my way from unscramblerer.com, one of those invaluable sites if you’re a word nerd playing games like Merriam-Webster’s Blossom, and you’re willing to cheat (ahem). The ...

When teaching a child to read, sight words and high-frequency words are all important. But what’s the difference? Find out what they are and how to teach them. Let’s say this up front: there are many ...

Last time, as home study for elementary school English, I introduced "sound practice," where you listen to model audio and imitate it by speaking out loud. Once you have gotten a little used to the ...

Krista Schlegel, a resident of Rosemount, won big on her appearance in “Wheel of Fortune,” which aired March 22. In total she was the night’s champion leaving with $20,145, pre-tax, and a Caribbean ...

Structured Literacy with E.A.S.E. was designed to address every single strand of the Reading Rope, from the very first lesson: The lower strands (word recognition): phonological and phonemic awareness ...

Hi. I'm Tim and this is my Pronunciation Workshop. Here, I'm going to show you how English is really spoken. Come on, let's go inside. Today, I'm going to tell you about perhaps the most common ...