Reading on grade level by third grade is one of the determining factors of a child’s future academic success. Join the ...

Educators and researchers are looking to update one of the oldest, most popular—and at times one of the most controversial—methods of targeting instruction: the elementary reading circle. Grouping ...

Kids learn to read, and then they read to learn. That’s the saying, at least, and even if the reality is more complicated ...

As poverty rates rise, reading proficiency rates tend to fall. But poverty is not destiny, and some schools and districts hugely outperform what might be expected of them based solely on which ...

Amid a deepening national literacy crisis, awareness is growing that far too many California children do not know how to read. The problem is not that our children can’t learn, experts say, but that ...

Kim Kohlrus’ 2nd grade classroom is alive with wiggling, chanting children. They’re on their feet, swaying and twisting as their teacher leads them in a call-and-response of letter combinations.

The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing agreed this week to create a new teaching credential for pre-kindergarten through third grade that will require teacher candidates to show they are ...