After growing up across countries, I knew I wanted my kids to be multilingual — fluent in Dutch, German, and English from ...

A reader faults her husband’s relatives for not teaching their young children any English, which she worries may make for an awkward holiday visit.

In recent years, scientists have studied whether being bilingual may help ward off the memory lapses and reduced mental sharpness that come with an aging brain. Much of the research on the pot ...

Senate Bill 19 would mandate intervention services for students scoring "limited" on state tests, but educators worry about ...

Proven methods for teaching the readers who struggle most have been known for decades. Why do we often fail to use them?

Chen Yaping, a professor at the School of English and International Studies at Beijing Foreign Studies University and director of its Child Language Research Centre, introduces her research into ...

Head Start is celebrating its 60th year, but the program has faced funding disruptions, a federal government shutdown and ...

Chandler acknowledges that little or non-existent spelling instruction puts children with an existing or emerging learning ...

Consistently poor spelling can indicate that a child has dyslexia or another related learning challenge. If that's masked by ...

Reading and math scores are abysmal across the country as national testing results keep documenting.  Illiteracy rates are rising:  The ...

Young winners of New Oriental English Storytelling Contest in Shanghai in November. [Photo provided to China Daily] To cater to the need of learning English as a way of expanding horizons and ...