The most common reason is dyslexia that has gone unidentified, leaving the child without the specific instruction required ...

"The puppies don't care if you get stuck on a word. They're just happy to sit in your lap. So much confidence has come from this program," Brooke Hughes said Erin Clack is a Staff Editor for PEOPLE.

Incoming first-graders offered advice to students starting first grade this year. Many students said they were nervous on their first day but made friends quickly. Reading, math and making friends ...

E.A. Stonesifer of Rockville and Frank Ieardi of Laytonsville are founders of Reading is Terrific, a nonprofit organization that provides books and readers to first-graders in eight Montgomery County ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from JumpStart 1st Grade Reading JumpStart 1st Grade Reading, later released as JumpStart Reading for First Graders, is a game released in 1997 that focuses on ...

Illinois lowered its standards in 2025, but over half of third graders still couldn’t read at grade level. It’s a critical ...

New data show over half of Milwaukee Public Schools 4K-3rd graders scored below the 25th percentile on reading, compared with over a third statewide.

Tennessee schools have been under new pressure to support struggling readers after the state passed a reading retention law in 2021. Credit: Lily Estella Thompson for The Hechinger Report The ...

Michigan's third graders ― at a stage of development when stakes are high to master reading — slid in those scores on the state M-STEP test compared with 2023, while elementary schoolers largely ...

A third grade reading and retention law took effect for Tennessee public school children in 2023. Students must meet a state reading benchmark or take extra steps to avoid being held back. Three full ...