American Children’s Reading Skills Reach New Lows
The percentage of eighth graders who have “below basic” reading skills according to NAEP was the largest it has been in the ...
Parents play key role in their children’s love for reading
Every day as I drive to work I see one of the little green libraries, the cute little “houses” that contain books that everyone can use. I noticed three young people looking through the books and ...
Teachers Plead for Help From Parents as Kids Fall Behind in Reading
After the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers noted a stark drop in both reading and math scores among students of all ages.
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Nearly 1,200 5th graders find love for reading with One Book, One City
A longstanding partnership between the Grand Rapids Public Library and Grand Rapids Public Schools aims to help fifth graders ...
‘It Hurts Kids’: Many schools continue to teach controversial reading remediation program
Our investigators examine how the program works and dig into the states that have (and have not) banned the specific method.
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World Read Aloud Day: Why reading aloud, with interaction, is such a learning and growing experience
invite you to help spread a love of reading with children – and to celebrate your inner child through the simple joy of reading aloud. Gill Moodie of PASA’s Literacy Committee writes that research in ...
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US children fall further behind in reading, make little improvement in math on national exam
WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and have made little improvement in math, according to the latest ...