Teaching methods have changed over recent years, particularly in the areas of reading and writing. The pendulum is swinging back, though, so phonics and cursive writing are turning up in lesson plans.

Balanced Literacy downplays structured phonics, where kids learn by memorizing letters' sounds. Is that why some are struggling to read?

An influential researcher in the science of reading movement is warns schools may be "overteaching" the skill.

When students return to the Lamar Consolidated schools in Texas after summer break, some will attend a new district-sponsored school that’s on track to become the latest charter school designed ...

A new school has opened in Norton to serve students who are deaf or hard of hearing. The READS Collaborative Deaf and Hard of Hearing School, located at 399 Old Colony Road, recently celebrated its ...

Federal agents on Tuesday raided a Park Street business that had previously been connected to a larger tax fraud investigation. During the late morning and early afternoon, more than a dozen agents ...