Obfuscate stands out for its precision, relevance and critical force. It names a practice that shapes public life while ...

Here's some news for the word nerds out there. Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher, is releasing a hefty, new Collegiate edition for the first time in 22 years. “So, the ...

The catchall term “the science of reading” has become increasingly popular in recent years—and misunderstandings about what the approach actually entails are commonplace in the media and even in ...

It’s rare for a dictionary to claim that a word has no definition. But that’s what Dictionary.com said about its recently announced word of the year: “67,” pronounced “six-seven,” the slang term that ...

With a couple months to spare, Dictionary.com announced its Word Of The Year on Wednesday. “Word” is being used pretty loosely here, as the winner of this prestigious honor is really number(s), and ...

Alice Bradbury receives funding from the Helen Hamlyn Trust which funds the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy at UCL. She is a member of the Labour Party and the Universities and College Union. The ...

I'm the princess and the pea when it comes to sofas. My husband will attest that I've had complaints about all four couches we've owned since getting married six years ago. Our first sofa felt flimsy, ...

Jeffrey McQuillan claims that encouraging phonics instruction will be a “train wreck” in California (Letters, Oct. 3). Yet his main piece of evidence, a 2020 analysis, is wanting. Aside from some ...

To look inside Julie Celestial’s kindergarten classroom in Long Beach is to peer into the future of reading in California. During a recent lesson, 25 kindergartners gazed at the whiteboard, trying to ...

This carticle was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A bill that could reshape literacy education in California elementary schools cleared a major hurdle in the ...

Over the past year, there’s one athleisure item I’ve spotted in just about every workout class I’ve been to: Lululemon’s Define jacket. Because we review the cult-favorite workout brand regularly here ...

Can you spell deja vu? The battle over the best way to teach children how to read has re-erupted in the California Legislature, as dueling factions haggle over a bill that would mandate a ...