Psychology and neuroscience provide intriguing answers.

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.

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 ...

Brooke said communication skills are lower than they were even 10 to 20 years ago, and she tied that to missing human ...

(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 ...

Only about one-third of elementary school students in the U.S. are reading at grade level, according to the recent National Assessment of Educational Progress. In response, many schools are rethinking ...

Almost all children can learn to read with effective data-driven support, according to Gardner Institute analysis ...

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 ...