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 ...

School districts are spending millions of dollars to improve students’ reading skills. This might not be necessary if parents learned to read or read more. Younger children copy the actions of their ...

The first five years of a child’s life are foundational ones, brimming with opportunities for learning, growth, and discovery. They are also some of the most physically exhausting years for caregivers ...

There’s no such thing as a “perfect parent,” but there are incredibly important ways for parents to show up for their kids — teaching them empathy, compassion, trust, respect, and honesty in ways that ...

As students continue to fall behind in reading proficiency in the American education system, some teachers are pleading with parents to help fix the problem. After the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers ...

In light of recent alarming NAEP scores in the U.S. and the familiar tendency to assign blame for reading struggles on parents, it’s worth revisiting a piece by Australian cognitive psychologist ...

A group of Massachusetts parents filed a novel consumer protection lawsuit against the publishers and creators of popular reading curricula Wednesday, arguing that the materials were not backed by ...

A recent survey found that parents want schools to prioritize teaching financial literacy Experts say kids need to learn both literature and how to manage their money, pay down debt, use a credit card ...