The UFLI reading curriculum is already used in McLean County school districts, including District 87 and Heyworth.

Karl Rectanus, Really Great Reading's CEO, said the company first partnered with Arkansas on efforts to improve the state's literacy rates -- especially in early grades -- about five years ago.

Teachers and researchers identify three barriers to finding reading materials that meet these students' needs—and how to ...

In this video I share my favorite teacher tested websites and YouTube channels to help your little one practice letters, sounds, and early reading skills at home. I walk you through specific phonics ...

Stanford Professor Rebecca Silverman discusses a transformative movement backed by research that is changing literacy ...

People protest against ICE’s Dilley Processing Center on January 28. Photo: Getty Images In January, Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) visited ICE’s Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the main facility ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) Handwritten letters from children out of a Texas immigration detention center published by ProPublica on ...

I am quaking in my boots as a pediatrician because of the recent overhaul of our country’s childhood vaccine schedule, eliminating recommendations for six important vaccines. In fact it should alarm ...

Virginia has laws protecting minors in the physical world. My 11-year-old cannot buy a bottle of vodka or cigarettes, drive a vehicle or purchase a long gun. Why does Virginia not similarly protect ...

What do rangers eat for lunch? How did the Great Smoky Mountains get their name? Do rangers have to feed the bears? Are there alligators in the park? What about moose? Dolphins? “The kids really want ...

Bears players received letters from kids wishing them luck in the playoffs and read them aloud in the locker room. For the third straight year, the Chicago Bears hosted their annual "Black in Sports" ...