Dylon Jacobs was one of many students to raise his hand last fall when a reading teacher asked his class who doesn’t like to read. Not any more. Something happened this year. Reading clicked. Dylon, ...

Biology, literature, calculus, U.S. history—all high school courses, regardless of subject, require a strong grasp of one critical skill: reading. By the time students are in high school, especially ...

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First-grade teacher Judy Van Geons sat in a rocking chair in her classroom. Her students at Stadley Rough School in Danbury sat cross-legged on the carpet. They were discussing a book they had read ...

From an early age, I have been a social studies nerd. Elementary school lessons on California missions, Civil War battles, besieged presidents and westward expansion thrilled me. So I am sad to learn ...

Why are so few kids reading for pleasure? A quarter-century ago, David Saylor shepherded the epic Harry Potter fantasy series onto U.S. bookshelves. As creative director of children’s publisher ...