The best way to build knowledge is to immerse children in social studies, science, and the arts — the very subjects that have been marginalized to make more time for comprehension skill practice, ...

GREENVILLE — Thousands of adults in the Capital Region cannot read at a third-grade level, and for those living in rural areas, there’s not many programs to help them. So a literacy tutor, a Rotary ...

Enlace Academy is expanding family literacy programs and multilingual support as its English learner population grows, with ...

The reading wars have become a tool used to further polarize and divide an already fraught educational climate, and the victims of this war are our nation’s students. At the forefront of conversations ...

In a guest column, three researchers delve into the reading wars that often pit whole language against phonics as the best approach for struggling readers. David Reinking and David Yaden are former ...

(The Hill) — Learning to read can become exponentially more difficult for older students and adults who have fallen behind, creating grave concerns as the number of individuals struggling with ...

Over the past couple years, the education world has seen a renewed push for phonics instruction, often called “the science of reading.” But how science-based is the science of reading movement? Will ...

"I will get teared up because I think I can't read," fourth grader Raven said. Learning to read isn't fair. It comes naturally for some students. But for others it's a frustrating, agonizing process ...

Editor's note: With low reading proficiency scores across the state, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin is exploring the causes and consequences of low literacy. This article is part of the By the Book ...

When I began the first grade in 1942, my mother noticed that I was slow to learn to read and arranged a meeting with my teacher. She was given a lecture on how reading was to be taught in school.