A lovely aphorism holds that education isn’t the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire. But too often, neither are pails filled nor fires lit. One of the most bearish statistics for the future ...

Why is this country in the middle of still another angry fight over how to teach reading in the schools? The issue should have been settled years ago when stacks of research showed conclusively that a ...

Carole Ullemeyer's enthusiasm (letters, Dec. 21) for reading and libraries is strongly supported by research. Studies done over the last half-century confirm that children who do more self-selected ...

Melvine Groves, inspired by her years of being an educator and her desire to get youngsters ready for reading, shares a "Workbook for Basic Phonics" (published by Xlibris). This book gives added ...