There’s little that’s more devastating than witnessing a child in middle or upper primary school who struggles to read.

Data from a ‘phonics check’ of new entrants is too incomplete to draw firm conclusions from, and word recognition is not the ...

EDWARDSBURG, Mich. (WSBT) — Edwardsburg Community Schools is using grant money to purchase what it calls the "Lamborghini of decodable books" for its youngest students. Many school districts use ...

Mississippi has improved from 49th to ninth in fourth-grade reading results on the National Assessment of Educational Progress in the past ten years. pololia - stock.adobe.com A miracle defies the ...

Taylor Swift's new album, "The Life of a Showgirl," is packed with Easter eggs for fans to decode NEW YORK -- NEW YORK (AP) — The curtain has been drawn. The stage lights are on. It’s time for “The ...

All computers come with spellcheckers and iPhones autocorrect their users’ texts. But despite those everyday features, formal spelling instruction still pays off, the findings of a new study suggest.

Why are so few kids reading for pleasure? A quarter-century ago, David Saylor shepherded the epic Harry Potter fantasy series onto U.S. bookshelves. As creative director of children’s publisher ...

George Orwell once wrote that restating the obvious is the “first duty of intelligent people.” In that vein, allow us to restate the case for what may be literacy instruction’s richest but ...

Our math and reading scores have been declining for a decade. The “Southern Surge” should be a wake-up call. Emily Scherer has been teaching fifth-grade English in Newport, Vermont, for nearly a ...

The longer a federal shutdown lasts, the harder it will be for local school districts, universities and the federal Education Department to provide services. In the short term, most in the education ...

The out-of-office responses from the accounts of employees on furlough cast blame for the shutdown on Democrats. By Eileen Sullivan and Michael C. Bender Reporting from Washington Some furloughed ...

Diamond Credit Union has named Rob Sanchez and Julie Huber as business relationship officers to serve business members in Berks and Bucks counties. In their new roles, Sanchez and Huber will work ...