The reading achievement gap affects us all through heavy special education spending and societal problems. AI can have a ...

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FIRST ON FOX: A Texas-driven campaign to tackle children’s "abysmal" literacy rates over recent decades is hoping to go national, as President Donald Trump rolls back DEI initiatives and curbs ...

It’s 2026 and while many are focused on turning their New Year’s Resolutions into reality, the Chatham Educational Alliance ...

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Literacy rates in the United States have been declining for over a decade, with the COVID-19 pandemic worsening the trend. Experts suggest that language development begins in utero and that reading to ...

Jess Hutchison’s daughter Sawyer, 8, is often bored by the books she gets assigned based on her reading level at school. And she’s not the only one. “Many of them are dumb. They’re just nonsensical,” ...

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A Oklahoma Lawmaker files a bill seeking to make an eighth grade reading level required to get a driver’s permit passed through committee.