When The 74 started looking for Bright Spots — public schools that are beating the odds helping low-income students learn to ...

For decades, California schools have been an awful place for children to learn how to read. The product of it all is adults ...

These psychologists’ tips on the best way to read to kids can help foster a lifelong enthusiasm for books.

Achieving higher reading proficiency rates is a community responsibility. Here's what Utah educators are doing now and what ...

In a class of 24 Trenton third graders, the chances are that only three can read adequately. Four can do math on grade level.

Seeing a child curled up with a book as they independently learn to read the words and find the meaning in a story is a heartwarming image. We have been taught that learning to read is akin to ...

Every parent of multiple children will tell you that each child does things at their own pace and in their own way. For instance, one child might love baseball and excel at throwing one while another ...

New literacy campaigns, such as Turn on the Subtitles, have pointed to TV as a way to entice children to read, through same-language subtitles. However, research from Britain suggests that children ...

“Do we need to read, or can we just get everything through audio, like podcasts and audiobooks?” – Sebastian L., 15, Skanderborg, Denmark Let’s start with a thought experiment: Close your eyes and ...