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 ...

Children and an adult read books at the Altadena Main Library in Altadena, Calif., in March 2025. Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images After decades of stagnating ...

The first major moment in a child’s schooling — what many educators call the "make-or-break" year for literacy — is third grade. By the end of third grade, students are expected to transition from ...

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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 ...

Reading is an essential life skill that predicts success on many levels later in life. There is clear evidence demonstrating that young people who do not learn to read proficiently are more likely to ...

For Lisa Parry, a 12th-grade teacher in South Dakota, the students' essays were getting stale. Her solution: get the students to turn to ChatGPT ‒ which serves up fresh ideas. Before her students ...

Kentucky lawmakers are again seeking to ban 'three-cueing,' a reading instruction method, with the goal of shifting to a ...

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 ...

Utah wants 70% of students in kindergarten through 3rd grade to read at their age level, but only about half do. Students in ...

This story was updated to include comments from a press conference held by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Este artículo está disponible en español. Léelo en español. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s approval of Assembly Bill ...