Gen Z Parents Don’t Like Reading to Their Kids, a New Study Says—Here’s How to Make It Fun

A new generation of readers is missing out on an essential experience: reading aloud with their parents. Here's how parents ...
Los Angeles Times

Could phonics solve California’s reading crisis? Inside the push for sweeping changes

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 ...
The 74 on MSN

These Schools Are Beating the Odds in Teaching Kids to Read

Kids learn to read, and then they read to learn. That’s the saying, at least, and even if the reality is more complicated ...

Back to basics? Cursive lessons will be mandatory for Florida kids if this bill passes

A pair of bills filed for the 2026 Legislative Session would mandate students from second to fifth grade to learn how to ...
New York Post

NYC should look to the Mississippi Miracle to learn how to teach reading

If you’re a parent of a young reader, would you rather start off in Manhattan or Mississippi? The answer may surprise you. Today, fourth-grade students in Mississippi read almost a full school year ...
Newsweek

America’s Children Are ‘Ready To Learn’ With PBS KIDS. Will the Trump Administration Listen? | Opinion

For the past 30 years and with broad bipartisan support in Congress, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has funded competitive Ready to Learn (RTL) grants, authorized under the Elementary and ...
ABC News

Study: Reading to Dogs Helps Children Learn to Read

Reading to dogs improves children's reading, study says. EAST NORWALK, Conn. Aug. 18, 2010— -- Man's best friend can do a lot more than fetch and roll over. Research now suggests that dogs can ...