California’s dismal reading scores point to the need to bolster early literacy, but here's why experts say it may be possible ...

Nearly 70% of the nation’s fourth-graders cannot read properly. Lumeez/peopleimages.com – stock.adobe.com. The inability of America’s children to read proficiently is frightening.

An elementary school teacher has confirmed schools are teaching a different version of the "Alphabet Song" and why they are doing it.Alphabet knowledge and the understanding of letter forms, names ...

Digital tools are becoming a standard in early childhood classrooms. Many schools now rely on tablets, laptops, and typing ...

Letters to the Editor: No, the ‘science of reading’ isn’t just about teaching phonics Gov. Gavin Newsom reads a book to kindergarteners at the Washington Elementary School in Sacramento in 2019.

In response, many schools are rethinking how they teach kids to read. In one New York City first grade classroom, Melissa Vega-Jones goes letter by letter, teaching the specific rules that form ...

A retired teacher writes: "Not everyone can hear the sounds of letters. A good teacher knows that." "More than half of Massachusetts third-grade students are not proficient readers.

Children suddenly understand the rules of the reading road, and they progress rapidly as new letters, sounds and spelling patterns become absorbed into a growing understanding of how to read.