This summer I attended a literacy conference near my school district. The agenda was jam-packed with strategies and insights, inspiring teachers to develop literacy-rich practices for the upcoming ...

It's one of the most basic pieces of parenting advice and still one of the most important, even when your child is in first grade: read to and with her. Now that they are in the early stages of ...

First grade students in Mrs. Griffin’s class at Johnson Elementary School in Spencer are learning the fundamentals of writing through Lucy Calkin’s Writing Workshop. Students learn to collaborate with ...

In this second of a two-part post, I collaborate with co-author Dr. Molly Ness of Fordham University to show how analysis of writing in children as young as kindergarten shows evidence of foundational ...