First-graders at The Lovett School are reading to therapy dogs as part of the Sit Stay Read program. Therapy dogs provide a ...

In early reading, first graders who are behind have an 88 percent chance of still being behind in fourth grade--rigor and ...

"The puppies don't care if you get stuck on a word. They're just happy to sit in your lap. So much confidence has come from this program," Brooke Hughes said Erin Clack is a Staff Editor for PEOPLE.

Incoming first-graders offered advice to students starting first grade this year. Many students said they were nervous on their first day but made friends quickly. Reading, math and making friends ...

E.A. Stonesifer of Rockville and Frank Ieardi of Laytonsville are founders of Reading is Terrific, a nonprofit organization that provides books and readers to first-graders in eight Montgomery County ...

An early literacy bill includes several strategies designed to boost reading skills in K-3 students — including retention.