Local YMCA Reads! program helps struggling kindergartners through fourth graders go from "learning to read" to "reading to ...

INDIANAPOLIS (MIRROR INDY) — Diana Hernandez wants her children to experience reading like she never did. The mother of three makes sure her kids spend 45 minutes reading every day regardless of ...

Motivating kids to read has always been a challenge for parents, teachers, and caregivers alike. For many children, learning to read starts as a task, something they have to do, rather than something ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Earlier this year, Gov. Mike DeWine put literacy front and center in his annual State of the State address. He rightly proclaimed that, “reading unlocks the door for all future ...

(MIRROR INDY) — When Dorla Williams sits down with students for their weekly reading test, she takes an old school approach. The educator helps four squirmy kindergarteners take their seats around a ...

Learning to read fluently requires hundreds of hours of practice. Some children happily sit and read for hours, but others (especially those with ADHD or dyslexia) cannot. Parents and teachers often ...

During my time as a first grade teacher, my greatest joy was watching my students begin to fall in love with reading. I watched them transition from sounding out words letter by letter to reading and ...

Fewer children are reading for fun - but parents are trying everything from AI to dramatic voices to keep them engaged ...

Reading to dogs improves children's reading, study says. EAST NORWALK, Conn. Aug. 18, 2010— -- Man's best friend can do a lot more than fetch and roll over. Research now suggests that dogs can ...

From ambitious literacy plans to shifts in the federal government, schools have been at the center of some of the biggest ...