Black, Hispanic and Native American students are more likely than white or Asian students to struggle with reading – and that gap emerges early, according to our new research. During kindergarten, ...

Eleven D.C. charter schools plan on giving admissions preference to students who are homeless, in the foster system, or receiving certain benefits starting in the 2022 school year, part of an effort ...

Those early differences can have critical implications for whether students ultimately reach proficiency by third grade — a critical academic benchmark closely tied to long-term educational success.

Learning to read is a complex process. It requires children to master and integrate multiple skills, from mapping abstract symbols to the right speech sounds to understanding what all the words mean.