In 2024, The 74 looked for school districts that were doing an exceptional job of teaching kids to read. One of the places we ...

Experts explain how best to prepare very young children to read. Children who are reading on their own as early as age 2 or 3 are the outliers, literacy experts said. Recently, a friend gave me a hand ...

An elementary school in Ohio has some of the best young readers in the nation. How they did it—and how a new law put it all at risk.

Teaching your children how to regulate their emotions starts from birth. Here are the best techniques for teaching kids emotional regulation skills, plus experts weigh in on the benefits of emotional ...

Despite decades of research about how children learn to read, far too many schools across the country still rely on debunked methods and curriculum that fail students year after year. The most ...

An “invisible” learning or language difficulty could be what is holding your child back. As schools and states aim to measure and increase student proficiency in foundational skills like reading, ...