For decades, California schools have been an awful place for children to learn how to read. The product of it all is adults ...

It's created a disastrous recipe for a lack of literacy. Let’s cut to the chase — younger generations are struggling with literacy. And it’s not just young kids learning to read for the first time.

Boys’ reading struggles are not inevitable, research suggests, and addressing the deficit could improve outcomes in school ...

Second grader Raelyn read from one of her favorite books, "Pop, Pop Popcorn." (David Matthau/WHYY) From Camden and Cherry Hill to Trenton and the Jersey Shore, what about life in New Jersey do you ...

Help your child become a confident reader with CPL’s Jump Into Reading initiative, offering free resources, events and decodable books. It’s a big shift when kids move from listening to stories to ...

In 'Phoebe & Jay,' a brother and sister investigate their community by looking at the many words around them—from receipts to ...

They were the kids most disrupted by the pandemic, the ones who were still learning to write their names and tie their shoes when schools shut down in the spring of 2020. Now, they’re the big kids at ...

Andrea Asuaje is a senior radio producer with “Under the Radar with Callie Crossley.” Prior to her work at GBH, she was a senior producer and show runner at Rococo Punch; and a reporter, producer and ...

Timothy Rimke reads during Casey Cuny's English class at Valencia High School in Santa Clarita, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. Jae C. Hong / AP Ask a high school student about the last book they ...

An early literacy bill includes several strategies designed to boost reading skills in K-3 students — including retention.

Kansas' director of Blueprint for Literacy urges the Legislature to blend it with the state Board of Education's Every Child ...