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

The 74 reports a decline in parents reading to children, linked to past negative experiences and digital distractions, ...

When a child shares a book with a parent or carer, this encourages joint attention, helping adults to connect with their ...

Local YMCA Reads! program helps struggling kindergartners through fourth graders go from "learning to read" to "reading to ...

It’s a summer day and it's too hot to play outside. Your child is glued to a screen, content to spend their day with air-conditioning and digital media. Sound familiar? It’s the time of year when many ...

Readers find a classroom trend of assigning shorter texts “troubling.” Also: Reaction to President Trump’s naming of a ...

Every year, educators worry about “summer slide,” the potential for learning loss when children are not in school. This issue is more pronounced among low-income families who don’t have access to ...

Reading is more than just a silent activity for kids; it is one of the best methods for developing the brain during childhood ...

Children who start to read for fun early in life get better test scores by the time they reach adolescence, according to a new study. Reading for pleasure by the age of nine is also linked to better ...

A quarter-century ago, David Saylor shepherded the epic Harry Potter fantasy series onto U.S. bookshelves. As creative director of children’s publisher Scholastic, he helped design and execute the ...

What nurtures a child’s holistic development? How can we address the cognitive overload and parent-child disconnect of the ...