Brooke Tepper, a special education resource teacher at Columbus School in Carteret, N.J., works on reading fluency with first graders, giving them parts to read aloud in a short play. Credit: Caralee ...

First grade literacy can be both foundational and fun when teachers blend research-based strategies with playful, engaging activities. From Readers’ Theater to interactive reading mats, these ...

Heather Miller, a first grade teacher in Austin, Texas, works with a small group of students in her classroom on reading skills. Credit: Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers ...

Corrected: An earlier version of this story noted an incorrect cost estimate for using daily tutoring to catch students up on lost instruction. The iReady study estimated it would cost $66 billion.

Source: AdobeStock Whether a family member has a reading difficulty or not, this problem still impacts you. Our tax money funds interventions for reading difficulty, also called dyslexia, the biggest ...

A Danville first-grade teacher has publicly raised concerns over low reading proficiency rates, with only 39% of Gibson Elementary third graders passing state reading tests compared to higher rates at ...

The latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress confirm what educators and researchers have long known: If a child isn't reading proficiently by the end of third grade, their ...

Third grade students at Hamilton Avenue School in Greenwich read independently during their reading hour. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror This story has been updated. Three years after Connecticut ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Curriculum coordinators at one school district said on Thursday that they would make numerous resources available to minimize the chances a student would have to repeat the third ...