As schools around the nation scramble to respond to the alarm bells set off by falling scores on “the nation’s report card,” we—two university professors who teach reading courses and who are former ...

Starting kindergarten is a big milestone in a child’s path to lifelong education, but too often, children in the United States are not adequately prepared. Whether it is due to educational disparities ...

The “science of reading” movement has shifted early reading practices across the country, with more than 40 states mandating ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California to begin universal screening of kindergarten through second-grade students for reading difficulties, ...

California students who attended transitional kindergarten were more engaged in the learning process and better prepared for math and reading when they entered kindergarten than children who did not, ...

Teaching a child to decode words is a critical early step in reading instruction. But just because children can read words doesn’t mean they understand them. “Reading comprehension, in its simplest ...

Kindergartners who got a literacy curriculum grounded in science topics had better reading comprehension than peers who got the standard approach focusing on general comprehension skills, according to ...

LORAIN, Ohio -- If you’ve ever read the same bedtime book so many times you can recite it in the dark, congratulations, you’re already halfway to a library challenge that rewards repetition, routine ...