In most states, schools are required to screen students as they enter kindergarten—a process that is meant to identify students who may need extra help learning to read. However, a new study by MIT ...

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 ...

There are varying assessments for reading comprehension in New Hanover County’s elementary schools. So what does each tell the public about how well students are doing?

There are many sounds in English that don’t exist in Spanish, and vice versa. Take the sound the letter “z” makes in English, or the rolled “r” in Spanish. In the Southside independent school district ...

This research was partially funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF). While this problem has received considerable attention, no clear explanation has emerged. In my recent PhD thesis, I ...