(TNS) — What barriers do students face when asked to read text and show their comprehension of it? This question was posed by an English/language arts teacher and educational consultant to a group of ...

Educators agree that reading is critical to any high school student’s summer agenda if they plan to take the ACT or SAT for college admissions. The ultimate goal is not about preparing the students to ...

Like many districts, the Marietta school district in Georgia has spent the past five years focused on improving literacy achievement for its youngest students, intent on making sure kids leave ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just slowing down gives you time to question and reflect. Morsa Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images The average American checks ...

Diamond, a third grader in Jefferson Parish, does a timed reading exercise with her summer school teacher, Emily Gurtner. Emily Gurtner sits at a small table in the corner of her third-grade classroom ...

A student adds a new word to his vocabulary as a volunteer works with them after school. Another student proudly reads a sentence aloud for the first time. A parent sits on the couch at home, ...

‘There are books everywhere! They’re stacked up in every corner – even lining my corridors!’ This is a common problem, so I wasn’t surprised when one of my colleagues confessed this to me during a ...

It’s a chilly winter morning at 95th Street School on Milwaukee’s northwest side. Children are filing into their classrooms, while a handful of adults gather in the public school’s library to prepare ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. English teachers have a secret weapon in their battle to revive literacy. (Photo illustration: Ben Denzer for Yahoo News) Several ...