Below are six common strategies she recommends drilling down on that first one—active reading. For more information on why and how to use all three approaches, read her May 20, 2025, essay ...

Saxon Brown, a first-year teacher, leads his 9th grade honors English students through a lesson on <i>To Kill A Mockingbird</i> at Bel Air High School in Bel Air, Md., on Jan. 25, 2024.

Harcrow chose to teach first grade because of her favorite hobby — reading. “With the first grade, I love reading and the younger-type books and making those come alive to kids,” she said.

Norcross: Stephanie Johnson is a first grade teacher at Pine Ridge Elementary School in Bend. She is one of the recipients of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.