New data shows early‑grade reading remains below pre‑pandemic levels, with first‑ and second‑graders lagging as math rises.

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 ...

Indiana’s Reading Evaluation and Determination (IREAD) assessment was first implemented in the 2012-13 school year to address ...

In 2024, 51% of families read aloud to their very young children, while 37% read aloud to their kids between the ages of 6 and 8 years old. Some parents have said they stop reading aloud to their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Darinka Cooper reads to her three sons Ilijah, Jeremiah and Isaiah as Taylorsville Library holds its summer reading kickoff party ...

For many children, the transition from learning to read to reading to learn is a crucial and sometimes nerve-wracking milestone. Reading aloud in class is intended to foster fluency and confidence, ...

Studies show that children who read "are happier people" the Irish Children's Laureate (Laureate na nÓg) has said as she tours Northern Ireland to share the importance of reading and writing. Patricia ...

Even as children’s publishing explodes with new talent and excitement from fans online, new distractions and diversions are precipitously driving down the share of young people who read for fun. It’s ...

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The Eau Claire Police Department and the Kiwanis Club of Eau Claire will host the Cops N’ Kids event at the Children’s Museum ...

Once a year, out of town friends visit for several days. I have to be sure to have a stack of books on hand for Allie, their now 17-year-old daughter. She plows through them—one after another. The ...