New York might soon get rid of the literacy exam requirement for prospective teachers, partly because a large amount of Hispanic and black candidates were failing it. The Associated Press reported ...

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A video showing Harvard students trying to pass a 1964 Louisiana Literacy test was released on Monday to bring awareness to barriers to voting in the past. The video was launched just prior to Tuesday ...

New York education officials are poised to scrap a test designed to measure the reading and writing skills of people trying to become teachers, in part because an outsized percentage of black and ...

Literacy stations promote collaboration, motivation, and provide targeted practice for a variety of needs and abilities in a fun and easy way. Everyday activities, like talking, singing, playing sound ...

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This article was originally published in EdSource. Next week, the unpopular teacher licensure test, the Reading Instruction Competence Assessment, will be officially retired and replaced with a ...