A new randomized control trial in Mississippi has found that a good kindergarten literacy program can boost disadvantaged students’ vocabulary in kindergarten by as much as an extra month of school.

Paul Morgan is an associate professor in the Department of Education Policy Studies at Pennsylvania State University. Along with a team at Penn State and colleagues at the University of California, ...

Parents who take time to read aloud to their children are doing them a huge favor. Not only is it a memorable bonding activity, but it’s also a way to jump-start a child’s education and put them on ...

Parents are to be given advice on how to sing nursery rhymes, teach the alphabet and a range of other activities they can do with children before they start school, in a bid to close the gap in skills ...