The MCAS English language arts exam tests how students are doing relative to grade-level standards in reading, writing and ...

A new curriculum teaches young children how to break down words by their sounds and then put them back together.

Nearly 100 writers ages 5 and up participated in LIT Youngstown’s ninth annual Winter Writing Camp on February 28, participating in workshops taught by experienced writers in the region. According to ...

For 50-plus years, students in grades 4, 8, and 12 have taken national standardized tests that assess reading and math ...

When Hoffman was asked to edit “The Best Dog in the World,” a collection of essays from prominent writers about their dogs, she didn’t hesitate. The writers she approached — among them Bonnie Garmus, ...

An influential researcher in the science of reading movement is warns schools may be "overteaching" the skill.

“Research has shown that cursive handwriting enhances a child’s brain development, including memorization, and improves fine motor skills,” said California lawmaker Sharon Quirk-Silva, lead sponsor of ...

Overall, kids in the 1980s lived much more independently than kids do today. Gen Xers were often called “latchkey kids” because they let themselves into empty homes and apartments after school with no ...

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About a year after her husband’s death, Kouri Richins published a children’s book to help her three sons cope with their grief. “Just because he’s not present here with us physically, that doesn’t ...