English learners are sometimes an afterthought in 'science of reading' policies. Some educators want to change that.

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 ...

The reading volunteer nurtured a genuine love for reading among my class. By listening rather than teaching, they removed the pressure often associated with reading at school and helped children to ...

Without substantial reading skills, “the risk is that future generations will simply be unable to think as deeply and with as much complexity as in the past." ...

It’s taken four decades, but using phonics to teach English soon could be state policy. Phonics is where kids are taught a language with a phonetic alphabet by sounding out the letters and separate ...

Recently, a friend gave me a hand-me-down kit filled with beautiful wooden games and brightly colored books that promises to teach my child to read. The phonics-based program, the company says, can be ...