The first major moment in a child’s schooling — what many educators call the "make-or-break" year for literacy — is third ...

Learning to read is widely considered the bridge to later academic success. In hopes of ensuring that success, more than a dozen states, including Florida, require students to pass a reading test to ...

More North Carolina first- and second-graders are reading on grade level than just a few years ago, but the latest state data ...

Thirty-four more Alabama classrooms are adopting a program for prekindergarten through third grade that officials say aims to consistently use the best teaching methods for students during those ...

So, what’s being done to help them overcome challenges? At Wayne-Westland Community Schools, it’s finding success stories in helping students soar in reading. Nowadays, Penelope Coyle’s reading ...

We've heard a lot from adults about the struggles of online learning — coaxing kids to get their work done, trying to help teach subjects beyond their expertise and trying to get their own work done ...

For years, we have known that children who read at grade level by 3rd grade are more likely to graduate from high school. High school graduates, in turn, are more likely to pursue further education ...