From preschool rhyming games to phonics-based instruction, research shows that early reading skills are a powerful predictor of lifelong success. By third grade, children shift from learning to read ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — At the downtown Toledo Library, the Read for Literacy and Clair's Day programs offer free assistance to any person, young or older, looking to learn how to read. Read for Literacy ...

United Way of the Coastal Empire celebrated early literacy with a pizza party at Marshpoint Elementary. It was part of the ...

Ready Readers volunteers visit classrooms in low-income communities to read aloud to young children, which can help build early literacy skills in preparation for kindergarten. Studies show that ...

Viral Jain, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Neonatology, created the NICU Bookworm reading program in 2021 to reduce developmental deficiencies and increase parent-infant bonding for ...

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library arrives in Portsmouth, mailing free books to kids as leaders work to improve low early ...

A student reads in class at Mint Hill Elementary. More Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools students in kindergarten, first and second grade are meeting literacy benchmarks at the start of this school year ...

SCHOOL. BUT IT’S NOT THE ONLY BARRIER. NO. ONE CRITICAL SKILL IS LACKING IN A LOT OF DISTRICTS, AND THAT CAN HOLD STUDENTS BACK, NOT JUST NOW, BUT FOR YEARS. FIVE INVESTIGATES BRITTANY JOHNSON HAS ...

Improving early literacy is not just an early education issue – it is one of Arizona’s most powerful strategies for economic success and expanding opportunity.

The way Oklahoma elementary students learn how to read will look different over the next two years, thanks to a bill signed ...

In order to improve reading outcomes, Oklahoma must continue investing in strategies that begin early, support families and ...