Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 7-year-old Harrison June pets Taco as he reads to him during a literacy program at Equest on Monday, April 13, 2026, in Dallas.

Incoming first-graders offered advice to students starting first grade this year. Many students said they were nervous on their first day but made friends quickly. Reading, math and making friends ...

By 2028, HISD plans to require students to meet a reading benchmark before advancing to third grade. The state-appointed ...

Five years after the pandemic forced children into remote instruction, two-thirds of U.S. fourth graders still cannot read at grade level. Reading scores lag 2 percentage points below 2022 levels and ...

After decades of stagnating reading performance, American literacy levels have begun to drop, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a program of the Department of Education.