Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has been pressing to use the phonics-based science of reading since early 2023, mandating the approach as the sole way to teach reading in elementary schools. Now, he’s targeting ...

Are you familiar with the slogan “Talk, Read, Sing”? These three activities help children create a foundation for oral language, which is essential to reading. By building oral language, children ...

Vanessa Silver, who tutors young children with dyslexia, works with Liina Yerro, 9, in Granada Hills. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times) This year, for the first time, California schools will be ...

Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, has started checking literacy skills during pediatric visits for kids as young as 3.

Universal TK provides a free, high-quality preschool option for all California families with 4-year-olds. This is critical in terms of access and affordability and ensures that more families can ...

Everybody is talking about high quality preschools but few folks know what high quality preschool looks like—especially for literacy development. The following checklist can be used to evaluate ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. BILLINGS — In Billings, the closest thing the city has to public preschool is showing early signs ...

I am not surprised that “Kindergartners Arrive Less Ready for School Than Before Pandemic” (U.S. News, Jan. 13). As a former kindergarten and first-grade teacher who then spent 35 years preparing ...