Psychology and neuroscience provide intriguing answers.

Parents and caregivers of young children will soon have a chance to gain information and resources they can use to help their ...

Learning to read is a complex process. It requires children to master and integrate multiple skills, from mapping abstract symbols to the right speech sounds to understanding what all the words mean.

The studies are clear: a child not reading proficiently by the third grade faces a bumpy academic road, with poor educational ...

In most states, schools are required to screen students as they enter kindergarten—a process that is meant to identify students who may need extra help learning to read. However, a new study by MIT ...

As educators and families search for ways to improve early literacy outcomes, the Scott County Library System is expanding a ...

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 ...

K. Dara Hill does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

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 ...

Oliver James hopes to read 100 books in 2023. Oliver James is on a mission to learn to read. The 34-year-old may be functionally illiterate, but he's determined to change that -- with the help of ...