Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Texas lawmakers passed a measure at the end of their regular 2023 session that helped move the state forward in its effort to ...

Literacy is one of the most important skills for children to learn, but many are falling behind. A 2023 study found that approximately 40% of children in the U.S. are unable to read at their grade ...

Educators are rethinking how reading should be taught in schools. New research has highlighted flaws in decades-old methods. As a result, dozens of states have passed laws or implemented new policies ...

Most states (29 states and the District of Columbia) use a weak elementary teacher reading licensure test, meaning that they do not effectively measure teachers’ knowledge of scientifically based ...

Experts explain how best to prepare very young children to read. Children who are reading on their own as early as age 2 or 3 are the outliers, literacy experts said. Recently, a friend gave me a hand ...

Cody Beck reads a book that was assigned by his teacher at Grenada Middle School. Since April, Cody has been on a “homebound” program due to behavior, where he does his work at home and meets with a ...

The National Council on Teacher Quality gave poor ratings to three of Maine’s public universities at a time when reading test scores have been falling.

A 2015 photo shows pre-K students Vida Sanchez (from left), Leah Pina, Isabella Jaramillo and Carlos Escobedo sitting on a carpet while listening to their teacher read a Spanish children's book titled ...

EdSource · How one student got her middle school to change its name (rebroadcast) Imagine a cross-country road trip using outdated maps. What are the chances you’ll take the best routes or even get to ...

Ten-month-old baby girl Brianna de Leon loves books. She is playing in her living room with her mother in Compton. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times) Recently, a friend gave me a hand-me-down kit ...