Throughout history, those with social clout have set the standards for what’s the more acceptable pronunciation. This article originally appeared on The Conversation, and is republished under a ...

Already troubled by her 4th grade students’ low reading levels, San Antonio-area teacher Melody Fernandez entered “survival mode” when she was moved down to 1st grade—and discovered the full scope of ...

Numerous Harvard professors have retracted their signatures on a letter they initially signed expressing support for their colleague John Comaroff, a professor of anthropology and African and African ...

Following the 'RHOBH' alum's exit in January, Bravo released her initial letter of resignation on October 19 in a new sneak peek video of Season 13. “This is the longest job I have held in my 35 year ...

Like Dr. Seuss' Star-Belly Sneetches and Plain-Belly Sneetches, there are two types of creatures — haitchers with H on their 8th letter name and aitchers with "none upon thars". That H isn't so big.

Teaching a child to read is all about "decoding," a fundamental skill in which readers sound out unfamiliar words. While it may seem like a fancy educational term – and some parents will hear it a ...

The International Literacy Association has put out a new brief endorsing “systematic and explicit” phonics in all early reading instruction. “English is an alphabetic language. We have 26 letters.

Sir, – If we, the customers, guarantee to spend more than we can afford, and more than last year, might we ask and expect the retail and hospitality sectors to defer playing Christmas music until ...

Aitchers’ reactions are often visceral. Someone once reported to us an encounter with haitch is like an encounter with fire ants (Felicity Burke/The Conversation (with apologies to Dr Seuss)) Like Dr ...