Literacy is one of the most important skills for children to learn, but many are falling behind. A 2023 study found that ...

Five years after the pandemic forced children into remote instruction, two-thirds of U.S. fourth graders still cannot read at grade level. Reading scores lag 2 percentage points below 2022 levels and ...

At a time when rates of reading for pleasure are down nationwide and policymakers are beginning to brainstorm ways to help ...

A teacher took to TikTok to confirm there is a new and improved alphabet song that kids today are learning to better ...

Three new studies offer clues about what makes texts easier and harder for young students to read on their own.

Phonics is a method that teaches children how to read by linking letters together based on sound groups. Together, these alphabetical combinations can aid children to easily begin pairing them by ...

Learning a new language later in life can be a frustrating, almost paradoxical experience. On paper, our more mature and experienced adult brains should make learning easier, yet it is illiterate ...

The K-12 “reading wars” discussions have been missing a critical point: No matter the curriculum used, too often, teachers are being asked to stick to a script and execute equal teaching, not ...

On a recent morning, I had the chance to read poems my ninth-grade English students had written about encounters with racism. I was struck by the beauty and poignance of many of their lines. Yet I ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Joshua McGoun, a K-12 public-school teacher in Frederick, Maryland, first noticed a change in his ...