Editor's blog: Old is new

My daughter starts first grade in the fall, and we’ve been doing countless long and short vowel worksheets and handwriting tasks to keep her skills fresh over the summer. As we go along, I’m constantly struck by how similar her mnemonic rhymes and songs are to those I learned in school many years ago.

But I shouldn’t be surprised. Everything old is new again, after all.

You’ll see it splashed…