Paired with fun activities, these picture books help build skills like fluency, flexibility, elaboration, and originality.

The idea, known as “redshirting,” has downsides, but proponents say it could help close a persistent gender gap in education.

California’s reading wars may finally be over. After decades of debate over how to teach reading, a new bill aims to use phonics to solve the state’s literacy crisis.

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Experts have long known that reading skills develop before the first day of kindergarten, but new research published in the ...

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Kindergarten readiness mostly depends on children being ready to learn. While development varies among children, most 5- and 6-year-olds will be able to check all of those boxes.

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More than half of Louisiana children from poor families start kindergarten without basic reading skills — and most fail to catch up by third grade, according to a new study.

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The province must move faster on changes to the kindergarten curriculum so another crop of young learners doesn’t fall behind in reading, says a new report from the Ontario Human Rights Commission.