For some elementary school students, reading lessons are an opportunity to get messy and get out of their seats. Kids learning how to map letters to sounds might trace A’s and B’s in sand or shaving ...

Every parent of multiple children will tell you that each child does things at their own pace and in their own way. For instance, one child might love baseball and excel at throwing one while another ...

To look inside Julie Celestial’s kindergarten classroom in Long Beach is to peer into the future of reading in California. During a recent lesson, 25 kindergartners gazed at the whiteboard, trying to ...

Learning to read fluently requires hundreds of hours of practice. Some children happily sit and read for hours, but others (especially those with ADHD or dyslexia) cannot. Parents and teachers often ...

K. Dara Hill does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

The State of Georgia is about to change the way it teaches students how to read.

The State Board of Education will likely vote on the lessons in November. If members give their seal of approval, it will enable districts to tap into extra state funding meant to encourage schools to ...

Literacy rates in Kansas City are up from last year, but still low. Rhea LeGrande from Lead to Read KC joins Heart of the Matter to discuss what's being done to fix that, and how you can help.

Virginia Clinton-Lisell receives funding from the U.S. Department of Education and Hewlett Foundation. Students do better when lessons are tailored to individual learning styles – but not so much that ...