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Kids continue to struggle with basic skills such as writing and speaking in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, a new study by the U.K. government's education authority has found. These were among the ...

The Irish Children's Laureate is touring Northern Ireland to share the importance of reading and writing during World Book Day.

Research shows charter schools do a better job of closing the achievement gap for minority students in urban areas than traditional public schools. Congress in 1994 passed a law to increase the number ...

When Stacie Dougherty read an essay that her seventh grade son wrote for a Language Arts writing assignment, she became concerned. As she scanned the page, she noticed grammatical errors and run-on ...

The concern has been flagged by Sally Payne, who is the head pediatric occupational therapist at the Heart of England foundation National Health Service Trust in the U.K. Payne reports on evidence ...

As technology becomes more integrated into daily life, some experts are concerned that children are not developing fine motor skills at the same rate as previous generations. Child development ...

Teachers and parents alike have voiced concern over whether texting, with its abbreviations, shortcuts, and odd grammar, hurts kids' writing skills. There has been little definitive research on the ...