How is the new literacy curriculum different? For the past few years, the Philadelphia School District has used a homegrown curriculum created by Philadelphia teachers. This curriculum, shared with ...

Cognitive health in later life is ‘strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers ...

Low state test scores in reading is a cause for concern in the Alpena Public Schools district, but a science of reading ...

Kudos to Education Week for rolling out a collection of articles on elementary writing instruction, a vital area of literacy development that fails to get the attention it deserves. As EdWeek’s ...

A study in Neurology finds that reading, writing and learning languages across life may delay Alzheimer's onset by years and lower dementia risk.

H.W. Smith students, left to right, Kaymani Harris, De'Nya "Lucy" Chambers and Trey Hunter pose with Samantha Howard, a literacy tutor with the Literacy Corps program. Howard is a junior at SU.

There were two huge developments in the literacy world early this year. First, the emergence of a phonics program that could impact outcomes “dramatically.” Gains for 1 st graders from the ...

Nearly one in five U.S. adults reads at or below a third grade level, and a long running Tulsa program aims to help close that gap.

EdSource · How a California professor once coded secrets in music (rebroadcast) We have all been reading the news about disappointing literacy rates in California, which have been exacerbated by the ...

The new study says that engaging in activities like reading, writing and learning a language can help to lower the risk of ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — The Detroit Lions hosted their first One Pride Literacy Fest on Tuesday, bringing together dozens of third graders for a day of reading and writing ...