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.

In Raymond Elementary School’s pre-kindergarten classroom, boys and girls huddled together on a rug with their teacher to learn a foundational skill for reading and spelling: how to pull apart and put ...

An influential researcher in the science of reading movement is warns schools may be "overteaching" the skill.

Balanced Literacy downplays structured phonics, where kids learn by memorizing letters' sounds. Is that why some are struggling to read?

This content is sponsored by McLean School. If your child is struggling to learn to read, you are not alone. Only about 30 percent of students in the United States are reading proficiently, a decline ...

Rahm Emanuel is spot on in his op-ed, “The ‘Mississippi Marathon’ Is Teaching Kids to Read” (Jan. 22).I began school in 1960 and learned how to read through phonics. In the 1980s when I started my ...

Timothy E Shanahan does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Eat at least one meal as a family each day. Sitting down at the table together is a relaxed way for everyone to connect—a ...