The Conversation

Sea levels around Africa are rising faster than the global average: what’s behind this alarming trend

Dos du Dragon (Dragon’s back), Ivoini, Grande Comore. The Comoros Islands is particularly vulnerable to sea level rise. Frans Sellies/Getty Images For over three decades, satellites orbiting Earth ...
Popular Mechanics

Uh, Scientists Have Significantly Miscalculated Earth’s Sea Levels

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A new study suggests that the scientific community has been broadly misrepresenting sea level rise, especially in coastal areas of the global south, ...
The New York Times

Sea Levels Are Already Higher Than Many Scientists Think, New Study Shows

Researchers found that a majority of studies on coastal sea levels underestimated how high water levels are, and hundreds of millions of people are closer to peril than previously thought. By Sachi ...
CNN

Scientists find sea levels are already much higher than we thought. That could spell trouble for the future

Sea levels along the world’s coastlines are much higher than previously assumed, more than 3 feet in some regions, according to new research, raising alarms that the world is underestimating the ...
Education WeekOpinion

With Larry Ferlazzo

Delgado is the director of Texas initiatives for the English Learners Success Forum. With over 30 years of experience in ...
Morningstar

Johns Hopkins Study: Ignite Reading Sparks Dramatic Increase in First-Grade Literacy, Highlighting Importance of Early Intervention to Learning to Read On Time

OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Ignite Reading, a Science of Reading-based early literacy intervention program that has provided more than 62 million minutes of personalized instruction ...
eSchool News

Teaching visual literacy as a core reading strategy in the age of AI

Many years ago, around 2010, I attended a professional development program in Houston called Literacy Through Photography, at a time when I was searching for practical ways to strengthen comprehension ...
WRAL

State Board of Education approves new reading, writing standards

The State Board of Education approved Thursday new standards for English classes and reading and writing lessons. The new standards, which go into effect in the 2027-28 school year, expand reading and ...
Chicago Sun-Times

In today's English classes, kids often read just snippets of novels — and that's a shame

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MyCentralJersey

Why can't so many students read well? Exploring today's literacy crisis

Literacy rates in the United States have been declining for over a decade, with the COVID-19 pandemic worsening the trend. Experts suggest that language development begins in utero and that reading to ...
The New York Times

Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class.

“We do one book after state testing, and we did ‘The Great Gatsby.’ … A lot of kids had not read a novel in class before.” — Laura Henry, 10th-grade English teacher near Houston “My son in 9th grade ...