It's created a disastrous recipe for a lack of literacy. Let’s cut to the chase — younger generations are struggling with literacy. And it’s not just young kids learning to read for the first time.

Help your child become a confident reader with CPL’s Jump Into Reading initiative, offering free resources, events and decodable books. It’s a big shift when kids move from listening to stories to ...

For decades, California schools have been an awful place for children to learn how to read. The product of it all is adults ...

Boys’ reading struggles are not inevitable, research suggests, and addressing the deficit could improve outcomes in school ...

Second grader Raelyn read from one of her favorite books, "Pop, Pop Popcorn." (David Matthau/WHYY) From Camden and Cherry Hill to Trenton and the Jersey Shore, what about life in New Jersey do you ...

Timothy Rimke reads during Casey Cuny's English class at Valencia High School in Santa Clarita, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. Jae C. Hong / AP Ask a high school student about the last book they ...

Andrea Asuaje is a senior radio producer with “Under the Radar with Callie Crossley.” Prior to her work at GBH, she was a senior producer and show runner at Rococo Punch; and a reporter, producer and ...

They were the kids most disrupted by the pandemic, the ones who were still learning to write their names and tie their shoes when schools shut down in the spring of 2020. Now, they’re the big kids at ...

American students’ reading skills have continued to decline since the COVID-19 pandemic, while their math skills have barely improved, according to a report from the Department of Education released ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and have made little improvement in math, according to the latest results of ...

A fresh report highlights an even more concerning pattern among students who’ll make up the next generations of workers after Gen-Z—their reading skills are poor and their prowess in math isn’t ...