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Monogamy is "outdated," Troubled author Rob Henderson's Yale classmate told him.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

Texas will add Bible stories and religious history to its K-5 reading curriculum.

The Rabbit Hole, a children's literature museum in Kansas City, sounds like a wonderful place. Children can explore "scenes from beloved...

Help struggling readers starting in kindergarten, says Tennessee's school board in a resolution. If they need more time to...

English teachers at Oakland's College Preparatory School, one of the most expensive private schools in California, have "let go" of...

College students have trouble reading anything long or complex, complains Adam Kotsko, in Slate. He's taught humanities classes in small...

Trenace Dorsey-Hollins asked why her daughter received "emerging" (the lowest level) on her first-grade report card for a skill she'd...

Training teachers to "disrupt whiteness" isn't helping children learn at a Bay Area school, reports Jill Tucker in the San Francisco...

In Portage, Michigan, fourth graders are reading about hurricanes -- including words such as "atmosphere" -- in their English Language...

More than 90 percent of parents think their child's elementary school and teacher are doing a "good" or "excellent" job of teaching...