Psychology and neuroscience provide intriguing answers.

Children and an adult read books at the Altadena Main Library in Altadena, Calif., in March 2025. Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images After decades of stagnating ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At the end of most school days, groups of Global Learning Academy students work with volunteers to improve their reading skills.

(MIRROR INDY) — When Dorla Williams sits down with students for their weekly reading test, she takes an old school approach. The educator helps four squirmy kindergarteners take their seats around a ...

Joshua McGoun, a K-12 public-school teacher in Frederick, Maryland, first noticed a change in his students about 10 years ago. They began to struggle with focus. Increasingly, younger kids were not ...

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 ...

To look inside Julie Celestial’s kindergarten classroom in Long Beach is to peer into the future of reading in California. During a recent lesson, 25 kindergartners gazed at the whiteboard, trying to ...

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