Believing in the future of California’s most vulnerable students demands an urgent focus on early literacy. Nearly 178,000 economically disadvantaged third graders are not meeting state standards for ...

Experts say kids who can’t read proficiently by third grade are more likely to drop out of high school. Living in poverty compounds the problem. Delaware Gov. Matt Mayer declared a literacy emergency ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom confirmed Thursday that the state budget will include hundreds of millions of dollars to fund legislation needed to achieve a comprehensive statewide approach to early ...

CC Educational Training Services director of professional learning Consuella L. Carter takes notes from the keynote speaker during the Governor’s Summit on Early Language and Literacy on Tuesday, July ...

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Are genetic factors underlying children's language development linked to later-life outcomes? In a genome-wide analysis, an international research team found genetic associations between children's ...