As unprecedented numbers of U.S. students struggle to read, the nation’s best teachers highlight the importance of integrating literacy. The finalists for the 2025 National Teacher of the Year award ...

This article is part of the collection: How AI Is Writing the Next Chapter in ELA Instruction. The integration of AI tools in English language arts (ELA) instruction has emerged as a potentially ...

Urbana native Michael Carpenter has spent his entire eight-year teaching career as an English-language arts teacher at Jefferson Middle School. Multimedia Specialist Urbana native Michael Carpenter ...

What barriers do students face when asked to read text and show their comprehension of it? This question was posed by an English/language arts teacher and educational consultant to a group of ...

When he was in high school, Zachary Farley latched onto the idea of becoming a teacher. Then in college, when he started learning Mandarin, a deep love of languages took hold, and he began to make new ...