Glasgow has set a new standard that every pupil will leave primary having learned to read - and they’re relying on phonics ...

A new line from Lee & Low offers emerging readers the chance to master early literacy skills while immersing themselves in ...

On May 26th, the AUSD Board of Education voted to adopt a new English Language Arts curriculum for elementary schools. Jean ...

Lampara Books marked National Heritage Month with a new slate of literary and educational titles aimed at strengthening ...

I hope that the supporters of the Oklahoma Strong Readers Act will read the new wave of research by scholars who previously ...

The target for the proportion of children passing the phonics screening check – a test of how well children aged five and six in England can “decode” words – has been raised to 90%. This increase, ...

The “reading wars” that raged in American schools for decades finally seem to be ending. The victor is clear: Phonics is the best way to teach kids how to read. California is the latest state to ...

Challenges and bans to books in public libraries and schools in the U.S. have steeply increased since 2022. What is behind this increase? And what do Stanford faculty have to say about it? Although ...

November 25, 2024; Washington, D.C. – Books We Love – NPR's annual, interactive reading guide – is back with over 350 new recommendations from 2024. Discover picks by NPR staffers, including Ari ...

Books are a gift, opening a door to the wide world. But not if you live in one of the U.S. communities where local school boards or state officials have cast certain books as scary monsters that harm ...

Nestled in the Northern Catskills, the tiny village of Hobart, New York, is home to around 400 residents, and millions of fascinating characters, all stacked high on shelves. Hobart is a book village.

Book lovers have all inevitably found themselves slogging through arid prose that stretches on endlessly. Sometimes the culprit is a popular novel whose obnoxious characters you’re desperate to run ...