I am writing as a pediatrician and pediatric cardiologist who trained at Children’s Memorial Hospital (now Lurie Children’s), ...

California’s dismal reading scores point to the need to bolster early literacy, but here's why experts say it may be possible ...

Glorifying consumption | Life of privation | Safeguard bees. Mercury News reader letters to the editor for June 20, 2025.

If you can get children reading and learning early, they'll never stop. That's the theory behind the Public Library's Early Literacy Fair. "We have a variety of what are called the big books," said ...

Letters to the Editor: Teaching reading at a young age benefits child and parent alike Ten-month-old baby Brianna de Leon holds a book in her living room in Compton.

Digital tools are becoming a standard in early childhood classrooms. Many schools now rely on tablets, laptops, and typing ...

Education experts are concerned that young Arizona children are falling behind when it comes to reading skills.

I read the excellent in-depth and alarming news report by Staff Writer Alex Putterman, “Not much has changed since passing of mental health bill” (June 17). The article reveals how in 2022 Connecticut ...

NBC 5 is Reading With You all summer long, with ways to keep your children engaged in reading while they are out of school.

Too many of California’s children cannot read. Schools must do things differently to change that, and they should start with ...

Many elementary school classrooms incorporate touch and movement into reading lessons. But research on the practice is ...

Otherwise, it's a mostly national issues week with writers addressing a faulty child health report, Trump's statements on the ...