The general assumption in our culture is that children must be taught to read. Vast amounts of research go into trying to figure out the scientifically best way to do this. In the education stacks of ...

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 ...

A Maine school district is testing a new reading curriculum that teaches kids to break words into sounds and blend them back together ...

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 ...

An influential researcher in the science of reading movement is warns schools may be "overteaching" the skill.

Balanced Literacy downplays structured phonics, where kids learn by memorizing letters' sounds. Is that why some are ...

If AI is going to reshape education, the central question should not be how quickly these tools spread, but whether they actually help children learn.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ten-month-old baby girl Brianna de Leon loves books. She is playing in her living room with her mother in Compton. (Francine Orr / ...