Includes updates and/or revisions. The $1 billion-a-year Reading First program has had no measurable effect on students’ reading comprehension, on average, although participating schools are spending ...

First grade teacher Emily VanDerhoff, who is also a member of the Fairfax County NAACP’s education committee, was incorporating phonics into her lessons before Fairfax County renewed its focus on how ...

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Ever tried reading to help you fall asleep? It can be work, so long as you have the right accessories for bedtime stories. Get recs here. In recent weeks, I’ve had a few 4 a.m. wake-ups, and no ...

Simply focusing on fixing early years’ reading instruction ignores the roughly two-thirds of middle and high school students, about 17 million kids, who haven’t yet reached so-called reading ...

If you are one of the 40 million people in the United States suffering from anxiety, you know how utterly crushing it can feel, and how hard it can be to deal with every day. If you happen to be a ...

When we read, we use many parts of our brain. We use vivid imagery as well as memory to follow a plot, or main idea. Reading can be like mental gymnastics for the brain. Recent research supports the ...

Addiction can include waves of loss and trauma that go well beyond what the person with addiction experiences. As a school and family counselor, understanding the ripple effect of addiction, and ...