In most states, schools are required to screen students as they enter kindergarten - a process that is meant to identify ...

Each week, at 15 elementary schools across Marion County, an assortment of kindergarten students excitedly await the arrival of their Reading Pals. The United Way of Marion County Reading Pals ...

A new nationwide study has found that children entering first grade in 2013 had significantly better reading skills than similar students had just 12 years earlier. Researchers say this means that in ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California to begin universal screening of kindergarten through second-grade students for reading difficulties, ...

Do the common-core standards demand too much of kindergarten readers?, asks a new piece this week from KQED’s Mind/Shift. It’s a debate we’ve heard before. Much of the back-and-forth centers around ...

Giuliana Tapia was way behind her classmates. She was just 5 years old, starting kindergarten at Telesis Academy of Science and Math in West Covina. At a kindergarten screening two months before her ...

Nueces County Public Libraries has launched a program to promote early literacy — encouraging youngsters to read 1,000 books before they reach kindergarten — after receiving a state grant. Through a ...