Balanced Literacy downplays structured phonics, where kids learn by memorizing letters' sounds. Is that why some are struggling to read?

As sled dog teams mush the 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail to Nome, kids are following along through the IditaRead Challenge, which ...

At 16, Shravan Ranganathan built BookVine, now reaching 30,000 readers. Inspired by volunteering in Bengaluru slums, he has ...

When COVID-19 wrought havoc on society in early 2020, today’s youngest schoolchildren were infants or yet to be born. Now in their early school years, researchers are beginning to see how the ...

New research shows students who were not school age during the COVID-19 pandemic are struggling to catch up in reading despite avoiding the classroom disruptions older students experienced.

The Marine Toys for Tots Literacy Program is Calling on Supporters to Help Provide Chapters of Change for Children in ...

According to the Georgia Council on Literacy, about 60 percent of third-grade students in the state are not reading at grade level. Programs like this are designed to help build confidence and ...

Kathy French, the executive director of AR Kids Read (pronounced "Our Kids Read"), combines traits not often found together. She's effusive and analytical, steady and adventurous. She radiates an easy ...

Literacy screenings are not typically conducted in medical settings ...

"My child can't read!" That's become a common complaint from parents. Updated: Wed Mar 11, 2026 ...

In Raymond Elementary School’s pre-kindergarten classroom, boys and girls huddled together on a rug with their teacher to learn a foundational skill for reading and spelling: how to pull apart and put ...

For decades, parents were told to help children build willpower like a muscle, to resist things like junk food and too much ...