literacy

In the United States, most adults read at a sixth-grade level or below.

Reading aloud to kids has myriad benefits. Many studies have shown, for instance, that kids who are exposed ...

Siyamak sits down with Gloria Romero, who was the majority leader of California's state Senate and is the ...

A pilot program for a new literacy and numeracy high school assessment in New Zealand has revealed the ...

A recent and captivating BBC podcast, both heartbreaking and hopeful, tells the story of John Corcoran, a teacher ...

From the time I learned to read, libraries have been a sanctuary. As an adult, I have made ...

Commentary If you don’t learn how to read in school, you won’t learn much of anything else. This ...

Some Canadian political science professors are concerned about their students’ inability to write good essays due to poor ...

Boys are falling behind girls in every category of literacy and numeracy at every school level, according to ...

Commentary  Sept. 8 was International Literacy Day, and as we head into a new school year, it’s timely ...

Australian literacy levels have been in freefall since the turn of the century, and this has resulted in ...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—The Literacy Project, headquartered in Newport Beach, California, has been awarded special congressional recognition for its ...

Education experts are calling for calm after it was revealed that many children in Victoria have fallen behind ...

Commentary Bill Bryson, in his iconic travelogue about the United Kingdom, “Notes from a Small Island,” observes that ...

A federal parliamentary inquiry has been launched in a bid to address the intergenerational cycle of poor adult ...

In a divided decision, the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that basic minimum education and ...

Commentary A key ingredient of communist regimes is deception. From Soviet-era space rockets to Cuban medical care and ...

Literacy and education are crucial in creating a society of people who can think critically, and make decisions ...

Commentary This article is part 5 in a series examining the origins of public education in the United States. ...

LESHUTA, Kenya—The setting sun’s rays fall across the green vegetation cover brought forth by the rains after a ...

For years, expecting parents have been advised to read to their children beginning at birth. Classic board books ...

His pictures were quirky. His words herky-jerky.  But no one could ever call this man obtuse. Few could ...

Canada’s Family Literacy Day on January 27 celebrates family activities that foster lifelong learning and literacy. Chinese history ...

Even before a child learns to read, a quick biological test may be able to identify if she ...

At the end of the school year, districts often send stacks of books home with their students in ...

There are a few key pieces of grammatical knowledge that can make an immediate difference to the quality ...

Compared to the rest of the world, Canadian students are performing well in reading, according to newly released ...