The best book genres for boosting brain development in kids

Reading is more than just a silent activity for kids; it is one of the best methods for developing the brain during childhood ...
The Hechinger Report

Many kids can’t read, even in high school. Is the solution teaching reading in every class?

Angie Hackman teaches chemistry at Health Sciences High and Middle College in San Diego, where all teachers are required to integrate literacy instruction into their classes. Credit: Image provided by ...
The Conversation

How do children learn to read? This literacy expert says ‘there are as many ways as there are students’

K. Dara Hill does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
Los Angeles Times

Could phonics solve California’s reading crisis? Inside the push for sweeping changes

To look inside Julie Celestial’s kindergarten classroom in Long Beach is to peer into the future of reading in California. During a recent lesson, 25 kindergartners gazed at the whiteboard, trying to ...
Education Week

Reading Interventions for Older Students May Be Missing a Key Component

It’s a well-worn adage in education that students first learn to read, and then read to learn. At some point, usually around 3rd grade, school systems assume that children have the basics down. They ...
kcra.com

Help kindergartners learn to read with Sacramento reading program

TIME. THAT IS THE MISSION OF UNITED WAY, CALIFORNIA CAPITAL REGION AND FORTUNE SCHOOLS, KINDERGARTEN READING PROGRAM. JOINING US TODAY TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED ...