Sometimes school staff assume it is too difficult to improve an older student’s reading skills. They may think a student’s ...

There has been a longstanding discussion in the reading wars since the 1950s, when the novel “Why Johnny Can’t Read” ...

After switching its elementary reading curriculum to one aligned with the science of reading, Denver Public Schools is celebrating an increase in the percentage of kindergarten through third grade ...

Built-in screen readers improve the accessibility of texts and can help students achieve success in building higher-level ...

The governor addressed a few hundred educators Monday during the state's first literacy summit, calling the subject her No. 1 ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Ava Wherley likes to read—especially thrillers. She rarely reads nonfiction, but when she does, she ...

The reading and math scores of 12th graders has dropped to their lowest level in more than 20 years, according to results from an exam known as the nation's report card. The National Assessment of ...

Contributing columnist Tyra Damm isn't surprised at students graduating high school without the capacity to read whole books. Trends in education have been robbing students of their ability to focus ...

Loralyn LaBombard is the only reading specialist at Bow Memorial School, a middle school serving grades 5-8 in a leafy town outside Concord, N.H. In the world of literacy education, that is not an ...

All computers come with spellcheckers and iPhones autocorrect their users’ texts. But despite those everyday features, formal spelling instruction still pays off, the findings of a new study suggest.

American students’ reading skills have continued to decline since the COVID-19 pandemic, while their math skills have barely improved, according to a report from the Department of Education released ...

Students have read and reviewed 6,562 books so far this school year, with December’s numbers still being tallied.