A pair of Montreal-based educators is aiming to change how children learn to read, with a new phonics-driven program that ...

In light of recent alarming NAEP scores in the U.S. and the familiar tendency to assign blame for reading struggles on parents, it’s worth revisiting a piece by Australian cognitive psychologist ...

It’s a proven fact by just about every researcher and development expert: Reading to a young child opens their imagination to new worlds. It introduces them to the diversity of people, new places and ...

At left, Tony Buttino prepares Western New York book reviewers (from left to right: Stephanie, Percy and Afrika) with production assistant Pam Johnson at right. Courtesy of WNED PBS, Buffalo, NY For ...

Fordham Institute and the RAND Corp., asked more than 1,200 K-3 teachers in the fall of 2025 about their perspectives on reading instruction, the practices they use in their classrooms, the training ...

Just 34.6% of children in the UK read for pleasure, according to a 2024 survey by the National Literacy Trust. This is the lowest number since the annual survey began in 2005 – down from 43.4% in the ...

The prestigious Booker Prize has announced a brand new category for children’s books worth £50,000. Open to books written in English and published in England or Ireland, the Children’s Booker will ...

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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In Palm Beach County, where nearly half of third graders didn’t read at grade level last year, a local organization is trying to close the reading gap. The ...

For some young children in Columbus, Ohio, reading assessments don’t start in the kindergarten classroom — they happen first in the doctor’s office. With concerns rising about lagging childhood ...

There are many sounds in English that don’t exist in Spanish, and vice versa. Take the sound the letter “z” makes in English, or the rolled “r” in Spanish. In the Southside independent school district ...