Houston ISD is proposing closing or co-locating 12 schools. Houston Chronicle editorial writer Leah Binkovitz asks why.

“Thanks in old age — thanks ere I go, For health, the midday sun, the impalpable air — for life, mere life.” — Walt Whitman At age 70, I was astonished (“There must be some mistake; I can’t be 70,” ...

Presented by Spokane Public Radio, Poetry Moment is a program that showcases myriad poems as read by poets and poetry lovers from across the Inland Northwest — and occasionally beyond.Poetry Moment ...

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “A Worldly Country,” by John Ashbery, and her own poem “Beagle or Something." The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “In the Waiting Room,” by ...

Today, children are taught to read using phonics, which is all about the sounds that make up words. Children start by learning the letters and the sounds they make, and how to put them together to ...

I am one of Alice Harvey’s grandchildren, and I was delighted with Emily Flake’s tribute to her (Comic Strip, December 22nd). Flake wonders what Alice did after she stopped contributing cartoons to ...

Speaker Two: That's the letter t. It makes the t sound. Speaker One: t, t, tiger. Aahh! Speaker Two: t, t, tractor. Speaker One: That's the letter p. It makes the p ...

Traci Brimhall joins Kevin Young to read “ Refrigerator, 1957,” by Thomas Lux, and her own poem “ Love Poem Without a Drop of Hyperbole in It.” Brimhall is the author of five poetry collections, ...

Go Diego go! phonics reading program. Pack 2 by Lee, Quinlan B Publication date 2008 Topics Easy reading, Reading -- Phonetic method, English language -- Vowels, English language -- Consonants, ...