We hear it all the time: AI is changing the world. It’s an easy thing to say, but when the hype is this loud, it’s hard to tell what’s real and what’s just noise. Experts and opportunists start to ...

“Pat the Bunny,” the 1940 classic touch-and-feel book, is still in print—a testament to the value of touch in introducing infants and toddlers to the world of reading. Later, when children reach ...

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 ...

Researchers explored how manual and keyboard practice influenced children's abilities in their reading and writing learning process. 5-year-olds were taught an artificial alphabet using different ...

Keeping the brain active throughout life by reading, learning languages is tied to lower Alzheimer’s risk. Image credit: Burak Karademir/Getty Images Now a new study published in Neurology, the ...

Allycia Uhrhan’s 6th graders at Truman Middle School in St. Louis started their field-science week collecting data on fish hatching at nearby Forest Park. But the trip really started the prior week, ...

An “invisible” learning or language difficulty could be what is holding your child back. As schools and states aim to measure and increase student proficiency in foundational skills like reading, ...

April 30, 2026 - Students at college campuses across California recover hundreds of pounds of unserved food from dining halls to serve to their hungry classmates. But an in-depth look at the science ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a world where digital devices are everywhere, it’s easy to wonder if handwriting still matters. We’ve all heard the argument ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Natalie Wexler is an education writer focusing on literacy. Digital devices are here to stay, but studies show that if we rely on ...

The State Board of Education approved Thursday new standards for English classes and reading and writing lessons. The new standards, which go into effect in the 2027-28 school year, expand reading and ...

Corrected, May 23, 2024: An earlier version of this article erroneously presented synthetic phonics and the science of reading as synonymous terms. The headline and body copy have been updated to ...