Learning to play an instrument has long been linked to improved reading skills among children, and we may finally understand ...

Many school districts use decodable books to help teach kids how to read, and their use is increasing due to their alignment with the Science of Reading. In fact, parents may have decodable books on ...

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 ...

To the editor: In 1970, I was a student teacher and then a second-grade teacher in New York. I later became a learning and reading specialist and taught the teachers. Throughout my training, I learned ...

English learners are sometimes an afterthought in 'science of reading' policies. Some educators want to change that.

“We have a science of reading,” Snow said. “But now, we need a science of teaching reading that is equally well-developed if ...

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Nearly 20 years after it went off the air, Reading Rainbow is coming back, and it's found the perfect new host to follow in ...

Dianne Brewington, an instructor with Literacy KC at their newest headquarters in the old Westport Middle School in Kansas City. The organization that helps adults and families to improve literacy ...

“In schools today students are learning to read until third grade,” she said. “That’s the foundation and it’s so important.