An elementary school teacher has confirmed schools are teaching a different version of the "Alphabet Song" and why they are doing it. Alphabet knowledge and the understanding of letter forms, names ...

Teaching English by pure “look-say” —the theory that children need only recognize shapes of whole words rather than individual letters or syllables—is discredited in the U.S.; 30 years of trying it ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indy Reads is helping illiterate adults in Marion County. The non-profit organization’s CEO, Ryan King, told News 8 that one in every six Hoosiers read below a 5th grade level.

If there’s one thing everyone knows about little kids, it’s that that they can’t ever remember the melody for “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.” This makes teaching them the alphabet incredibly difficult, ...

Children and adults alike get bombarded with questionable information every day, whether it’s fake TikTok videos on the war in Ukraine, targeted ads on Facebook, or disinformation on climate change on ...

U.S. citizens last week engaged in a lively debate over the extent of the nation’s illiteracy. Bogging down in a mire of statistics, the debate proved mainly that most Americans can read & write ...