Supporting these children is important. Students who wrestle with reading are more likely to later experience anxiety and ...

TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) --The Baltimore County Public Library launched a new reading program on Monday: 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten. The interactive program encourages parents and other caregivers to ...

Are you familiar with the slogan “Talk, Read, Sing”? These three activities help children create a foundation for oral language, which is essential to reading. By building oral language, children ...

In most states, schools are required to screen students as they enter kindergarten - a process that is meant to identify students who may need extra help learning to read. However, a new study by MIT ...

A new examination of data from a federally financed, long-term study offers more evidence that full-day kindergarten and rich literacy experiences in the home give children a leg up on reading. The ...

GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- Reading levels are lagging in Brown County, and more broadly in Wisconsin. Now, the Brown County Library is delivering its services directly into the hands of parents. The Text and ...

Do the common-core standards demand too much of kindergarten readers?, asks a new piece this week from KQED’s Mind/Shift. It’s a debate we’ve heard before. Much of the back-and-forth centers around ...

More than half of Louisiana children from poor families start kindergarten without basic reading skills — and most fail to catch up by third grade, a critical year for literacy development, according ...

To the editor: The article implies that high standards will lead to hard work and real achievement. But there is no evidence that tougher standards lead to more learning, and no evidence showing that ...

Increased academic pressure and testing in kindergarten is bringing everyone to tears—including the teachers. When Dr. Peter Gray wrote a piece for his Psychology Today blog about kindergarten ...