Researchers have found that children start to develop the basic skills that underlie map reading from the age of just four! The study involved 175 two to five-year-olds.

“But we’re at a point where we have older kids in some grades that are still developing these skills.” Reading problems for older students can have disastrous ripple effects across the school da ...

Books that are designed to help kids practice foundational reading skills, known as decodable books, are mostly made for elementary classes. “We definitely could use more decodable texts out there ...

and a host of other reading skills). However, it’s just as imperative that parents and caregivers are well-equipped and supported to lay the groundwork kids need in order to learn those lessons ...

The low literacy levels have some teachers pleading with parents to become more involved in their children's educations ... of difficulties with getting reading skills reinforced outside of ...

Instead, the results, from last year’s National Assessment of Educational Progress, tell a grim tale, especially in reading ... children’s performance are echoed in tests of adults’ skills ...