Reading at Home Increases School Readiness
Reading books with parents is an example of “home learning,” which a new paper shows can improve low-income children’s readiness for school. […]
Tag: Literacy
New Study Shows Reading Level in Grade 3 Crucial to Future Success
From the American Educational Research Association (AERA) convention in New Orleans: A new study by Hunter College’s Donald Hernandez shows third grade […]
ReadBoston & Farragut Elementary Celebrate African-American Heroes
Our last blog post described Sacha Pfeiffer’s interview on WBUR with Rick Weissbourd, the founder of ReadBoston. This literacy initiative has offered […]
Improving Mothers Literary Skills May Boost Achievement of Children
A new study funded by the National Institutes of Health reports that a mother’s reading skill is the greatest determinant of her […]
Meta-analysis Shows Giving Children Books Improves Reading
In a meta-analysis of 11,000 reports and 108 studies, a new report commissioned by Reading is Fundamental concludes that children’s book lending […]