As a former English teacher with a background in literacy education, I’ve seen how imperative it is that kids have a solid reading foundation. At the same time, as a mom to three young kids, I feel ...

Parents who prioritize timeless, old-fashioned life skills, from responsibility and problem-solving to patience, often give ...

Class Disrupted is an education podcast featuring author Michael Horn and Futre’s Diane Tavenner in conversation with educators, school leaders, students and other members of school communities as ...

North Carolina's teachers' colleges are doing a much better job of preparing educators for reading instruction, just a few years after getting dismal marks for failing to align with research on how ...

After decades of stagnating reading performance, American literacy levels have begun to drop, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a program of the Department of Education.

To the editor: In 1970, I was a student teacher and then a second-grade teacher in New York. I later became a learning and reading specialist and taught the teachers. Throughout my training, I learned ...

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 ...

Books can give children a window into the emotional world. Through the eyes of a character in a story, children can explore feelings and viewpoints other than their own. They can see the social and ...