WASHINGTON – Celebrate your child’s scribbles. A novel experiment shows that even before learning their ABCs, youngsters start to recognize that a written word symbolizes language in a way a drawing ...

In Michigan, third-grade students are struggling with literacy. Educators say this grade is considered a critical year for all students, as it can determine just how well they do for the rest of their ...

Michigan's third graders have struggled to pass the state's annual assessment every spring, with the proportion of students passing the test declining nearly every year since the test's inception. In ...