Mississippi should be a role model for the nation in how to teach reading, along with Louisiana, Tennessee and Alabama, but old stereotypes persist.

Parents can send children to school rested and ready to learn, but schools have to do their part too.

Spelling -- linking sounds to letters -- is a key to reading fluency.

Steubenville's families are struggling to make a living -- but their children are excellent readers.

Passing special-ed students along with high grades and a diploma -- but no effective instruction --doesn't do them any favors.

A Denver charter network has trained parents to work as reading tutors.

Schools need to focus on teaching academics rather than trying to end injustice or combat climate change.

Catholic school students are one to two years ahead of public students in reading and math.

Reading scores are still falling on the "nation's report card," while math scores are the same.

K-1 students made significant gains when teachers used UFLI Foundations, a systematic phonics and phonemic awareness program.

Few teenagers read for fun regularly, and many don't read for school either, writes Natalie Wexler on Minding the Gap. We're "becoming a...

English teachers don't teach many novels because students won't do the reading on their own.

Kris is an "emerging" reader, Carlos is "extending" and Emma is "developing." Is "proficient" Pat the best reader? Nope. Parents don't...

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

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

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

Adding 20 days to the school year improved reading scores at two Richmond elementary schools.

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

Monogamy is "outdated," Troubled author Rob Henderson's Yale classmate told him.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.