In 2024, 51% of families read aloud to their very young children, while 37% read aloud to their kids between the ages of 6 and 8 years old.

Austin’s own BookSpring is transforming family reading across Texas—one free book, one story, and one child at a time. The nonprofit believes that the simple act of sharing a story can change a ...

Adjust the results for such things as student poverty, and the “southern surge” is even more impressive. On a ranking compiled by the Urban Institute, a think-tank, Mississippi comes top (see chart 1) ...

Barbershop Books, an organization whose award‑winning literacy programs celebrate, amplify, and affirm the interests of Black boys while inspiring kids to read for fun, has spent more than a decade ...

In early reading, first graders who are behind have an 88 percent chance of still being behind in fourth grade--rigor and ...

The Belmont-Redwood Shores School District (BRSSD) piloted new math curricula at Ralston Middle School starting Jan. 26, part of a districtwide effort to align instruction with California’s updated ...

Several of the area’s smaller schools use multi-age classes. Ridgeway Community School has sections combining second and ...

Congress ended funding for Reading First in 2009. The more recent science of reading movement, though, has been propelled by ...

Georgia lawmakers are advancing a new bill, HB 1193, aimed at significantly improving early literacy for young students.

Multilingual students read and comprehend more when teaching materials are culturally relevant to them, as veteran North Carolina educator Terri Ashchi ...

When it comes to teaching, educators can move beyond memorization and equip students with the tools they need for fluent, confident reading.

Under the leadership of Education Secretary Sonny Angara, the Department of Education rolled out the Bawat Bata Makababasa Program (BBMP), which an independent evaluation found to have led to improved ...