An “invisible” learning or language difficulty could be what is holding your child back. As schools and states aim to measure and increase student proficiency in foundational skills like reading, ...

Researchers explored how manual and keyboard practice influenced children's abilities in their reading and writing learning process. 5-year-olds were taught an artificial alphabet using different ...

Keeping the brain active throughout life by reading, learning languages is tied to lower Alzheimer’s risk. Image credit: Burak Karademir/Getty Images Now a new study published in Neurology, the ...

Kudos to Education Week for rolling out a collection of articles on elementary writing instruction, a vital area of literacy development that fails to get the attention it deserves. As EdWeek’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Natalie Wexler is an education writer focusing on literacy. Digital devices are here to stay, but studies show that if we rely on ...

Mastery of reading requires developing its highly interrelated major component skills: decoding, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. These components are discussed separately below, but they work ...

GAITHERSBURG, Md., March 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Learning Without Tears, a leader in early literacy, today announced the launch of Building Writers: Cornerstones™. Grounded in the science of reading ...

Indulge me and say the following out loud: Students should read fewer books and write less expository prose. Did that feel right? I doubt it. But that’s the message the National Council of Teachers of ...

I’m just not a good writer.”It’s a phrase teachers hear too often, usually at the exact moment a writing task is assigned.

Lifelong learning and mentally stimulating activities could help delay Alzheimer’s disease and slow cognitive decline, according to a new study. Researchers found that people who regularly engaged in ...