Third-graders at Adrian Elementary School, in the poorest county in Oregon, have the highest reading proficiency scores in the state,...

Schools got $190 billion in emergency funding during the epidemic, write Marguerite Roza, director of Georgetown's Edunomics Lab, and...

A former special-ed student is suing Hartford Public Schools because she wasn't taught to read or write.

Even elite colleges don't read very much and have trouble staying focused on books.

Students won't understand what they read if they're not familiar with the Bible, mythology, history and literature.

When I was in school in the '60s, we read Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights , Great Expectations, Hard Times, Canterbury Tales, The...

A majority of Wisconsin students -- about three out of five -- score below "proficient" on state tests, write Danielle DuClos and Kayla...

Overall, family poverty and reading problems go together. But some school districts are beating the odds.

Studying pop-song lyrics in English class doesn't prepare students for college reading or writing.

My sixth-grade teacher wanted us to read 10 books during the school year. Whenever we read a book, we were supposed to fill out an index...

My visiting eight-month-old granddaughter crawl-flopped past the teething toys to chew on the metal leg of the coffee table. "Try the...

Angie Hackman teaches chemistry -- and reading, reports Hechinger's Julian Roberts-Grmela. Every teacher at Health Sciences High and...

Most U.S. students will be back in class tomorrow -- it's mid-August! -- and only 15 percent will start the school year after Labor Day. ...

Spending more on special ed doesn't lead to better outcomes. Teaching reading well does.

Once upon a time, the teenage girls in Judy Blume's stories were "excited to grow up," writes Kat Rosenfield on The Free Press. Starting...

Monogamy is "outdated," Troubled author Rob Henderson's Yale classmate told him. She's been raised in a stable, two-parent family and...

Boys might read more if they were introduced to classic books with male heroes.

Colleges have politicized the humanities, leaving graduates feeling cheated of a liberal arts education.

Teaching students about religion is fine in public schools, writes Natalie Wexler. "Inculcating specific religious beliefs" is not....

Parents don't want drag queens or books that feature sex toys in school libraries.