Since English is the second language in the country and is widely used, it is imperative to learn it, especially for children, since they will be exposed to it on a global scale. Even if the parents' ...

Learning to read fluently requires hundreds of hours of practice. Some children happily sit and read for hours, but others (especially those with ADHD or dyslexia) cannot. Parents and teachers often ...

MORE than 5000 years after the invention of writing, you would think we would have completely nailed the best way to teach people to read – literacy is a key skill in most societies, after all. But ...

A growing number of states, cities, and districts are now requiring schools to teach phonics. In other words, to teach kids how to read. That’s welcome news for a country that’s suffered from dismal ...

Pamela Snow receives funding from the Australian Research Council (Discovery and Linkage Programs), Criminology Research Council, Jack Brockhoff Foundation, and Pam Gunn Memorial Trust. Tanya Serry is ...

To look inside Julie Celestial’s kindergarten classroom in Long Beach is to peer into the future of reading in California. During a recent lesson, 25 kindergartners gazed at the whiteboard, trying to ...

Growing up, a lot of kids don't communicate in English, except at school. While it is perfectly fine to keep the medium of communication as per one's geography aka mother tongue, the English language ...

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 ...

The Rotary Club of Indio and Read with Me Volunteer Programs distributed books to more than 1,300 third graders in Indio. Students at 14 elementary schools were able to choose their own chapter books ...

When my daughter starts an episode of CoComelon for the umpteenth time, I no longer feel mum guilt. It’s not that she’s singing “Yes, yes, yes, I want to eat my spinach” like a brainwashed Stepford ...

Jack Silva didn't know anything about how children learn to read. What he did know is that a lot of students in his district were struggling. Silva is the chief academic officer for Bethlehem, Pa., ...