Featured Contest

The Exquisite Prompt

K-12 students get a chance each month to flex their writing muscles with writing prompts inspired by top YA authors. This month's prompts feature Gregory Maguire and the McKissacks. More »

Featured Author

Meet the Author:
Greg Tang

Author Greg Tang is on a mission to improve the quality of math education and understanding in the United States. With a background in economics, business, and math education, Tang is intent on developing "a more intuitive approach to math, one that combines problem-solving and arithmetic and integrates math with language and art." In addition to writing engaging books like Math Potatoes, Tang also develops teaching guides, workbooks, flash cards, and math games.

Featured Strategy

Concept Maps

Concept Maps have been shown to support struggling readers by building off of students' prior knowledge and asking them to reflect on their understanding while reading. They are easy to construct — or use our template — and can be used across all content areas.

Browse Classroom Strategies Library for more techniques to improve students' vocabulary, reading comprehension, and writing.

Research and Reports

Reading in the Disciplines: The Challenges of Adolescent Literacy

Carnegie Corporation recently published this report on the challenges of transitioning from learning to read to reading to learn. Because each content area requires specific background knowledge and modes of reasoning, adolescents often need special literacy support for reading in the academic disciplines. More »

Featured Partner

National Education Association

The National Education Association represents 3.2 million elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty, education support professionals, school administrators, retired educators, and students preparing to become teachers.

NEA sponsors Read Across America, a national reading celebration takes place each year on March 2, the birthday of Dr. Seuss. Read Across America gives NEA members, parents, caregivers, and children the resources and activities they need to keep reading on the calendar 365 days a year. See AdLit.org's resources to engage teens in the celebration.