Reading aloud is a wonderful way to build a love of stories and language. But listening to books does not, on its own, teach most children how to read. Only about 5 percent of students will learn to ...

Reading really does begin at home. And with a little love, language, and laughter woven into your daily routines, you are ...

Dyslexia is a specific learning difficulty that impacts reading, spelling, and writing due to challenges with phonological processing.

In a dual-language classroom where “bienvenidos” and “welcome” share equal space, first graders did more than just listen to ...

Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.

Earlier this year, Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, who led the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, discovered that Donald Trump’s appointees were ...

Remembrance ceremonies for the victims of the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting in Las Vegas continued on Wednesday night — the eighth anniversary of the massacre. The names of the 58 people who died the ...

Extreme instances of stress can cause lasting changes to the brain itself. This could leave some people more vulnerable to addiction, a University of Mississippi study concludes. The study's insight ...

Researchers have confirmed what Taylor Swift fans have long suspected: the music megastar’s dialect and pitch have shifted throughout her career. In the early stages of Swift’s music career, while she ...

MAC: Slate has asked us—indeed hired us—to talk about their big picture-book package, “The 25 Best Picture Books of the Past 25 Years.” (Did you like how I called it a “package”? Did it make me sound ...

Education Lab is a Seattle Times project that spotlights promising approaches to persistent challenges in public education. The Seattle Foundation serves as the fiscal sponsor for Education Lab, which ...