The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, the instructional consultancy housed at Columbia University and founded by the popular and controversial literacy icon Lucy Calkins, will soon be ...

In the raging debate over how U.S. schools teach children to read, few figures have been as controversial yet lionized as Lucy Calkins, the literacy guru and curriculum entrepreneur. For four decades, ...

The world is full of important challenges today—challenges to the environment, the economy, to health, and to our ability to live peacefully alongside each other. Surely, the challenges in education ...

Mar. 2—After a contentious debate that spanned two meetings, the Harford County Board of Education approved the purchase of additional reading instruction materials and classroom library books at its ...

In the December 2024 issue, Helen Lewis wrote about how one woman became the scapegoat for America’s literacy crisis. A heartfelt thank-you to Helen Lewis for her reporting on Lucy Calkins and the ...