Experts say early literacy gaps don’t just affect academics — they can shape long-term outcomes well beyond the classroom.

Ready Readers volunteers visit classrooms in low-income communities to read aloud to young children, which can help build early literacy skills in preparation for kindergarten. Studies show that ...

Vanessa Silver, who tutors young children with dyslexia, works with Liina Yerro, 9, in Granada Hills. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times) This year, for the first time, California schools will be ...

A student reads in class at Mint Hill Elementary. More Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools students in kindergarten, first and second grade are meeting literacy benchmarks at the start of this school year ...

EASTHAMPTON — Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll traveled to Easthampton on Monday to announce that the school district is one of 29 districts in the state receiving a combined $9.3 million in funding to boost ...