“Interpreting Literature” looks at the technique of making meaning from what an author writes both literally and figuratively within a literary work. This skill is known as interpretation. Readers can use various techniques to interpret...

New test uses brain's electrical activity to pinpoint reading challenges early, increasing chances for success in school



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Actively Learn is an interactive e-reading platform where students can highlight and annotate text as they read. Learn how Actively Learn can support close reading and critical thinking in your students. Learn more about Actively Learn...

Maggie Front is a graduate of the Global Competency Certificate program at Columbia Teachers College, where she was a member of the pilot cohort. She recently collaborated on a two-year Teacher Inquiry Project to pilot a middle school...

In this video, Stephanie Burt, a literary critic and poet at Harvard University, recounts how two influential teachers, John Burkhart and Helen Vendler, profoundly impacted her educational journey. John Burkhart, a high school English...

‘Julius, the Baby of the World’ is written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes and read by Rosario Dawson. The baby of the world is anything but that to his big sister—until Cousin Garland dares to criticize him. When baby Julius is born,...

In this educational video, we will discover an engaging way to help students improve their writing skills by practicing scrambled sentences. This interactive activity is designed to teach kids how to form complete, grammatically correct...

Ayla Gavins is the principal of the Mission Hill K-8 School in Boston’s Mission Hill district. Originally from a small town near the Pittsburgh area, Ayla began her education career in the Wayland (MA) Public Schools system,...

DAY 16 | Do you want to learn English? Are you looking for an English lesson on vocabulary and pronunciation? Learning English vocabulary and pronunciation are my specialties! In this video, I’ll teach you the precise pronunciation of...

Vicki Cobb is the well-known author of more than eighty-five highly entertaining nonfiction books for children. Ever since 1972, when HarperCollins first published Science Experiments You Can Eat, Cobb's lighthearted approach to hands-on...

Dr. Sonia Nieto has devoted her professional life to questions of diversity, equity, and social justice in education. A native of Brooklyn, New York, she began her teaching career in 1966 in an intermediate school in Brooklyn,...

Vicki Cobb is the well-known author of more than eighty-five highly entertaining nonfiction books for children. Ever since 1972, when HarperCollins first published Science Experiments You Can Eat, Cobb's lighthearted approach to hands-on...

If HTML is the skeleton of a web page, CSS is its flesh. To create amazing websites, web developers need to master CSS Selectors, which are the most critical things in the modern Web and form the backbone of CSS designs....

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This video offers a brief explanation of Ramadan, the holiest month on the Islamic Calendar. Teachers, check out our holiday resource workbook hereref='http://amzn.to/2rQpage' target='_blaInstagramnofollow'>hereTwitter* Like our Facebook...

This is a remake of our Townshend Acts video. It explains everything students need to know about the Townshend Acts. Get your copy of American Revolution History Brief hereref='http://amzn.to/2pTUvEpagearget='_blank'...

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