At Lacy Elementary School, kindergarten teacher Michelle Pritchard points her students toward a drawing of a rodent with the letters “a” and “t” above it. The first letter is missing. She asks them ...

NBC 5 is Reading With You all summer long, with ways to keep your children engaged in reading while they are out of school. This week’s lesson is on fluency. According to Dallas nonprofit Catch Up and ...

With the new school year now rolling, teachers and school leaders are likely being hit with a hard truth: Many students are not proficient in reading. This, of course, presents challenges for students ...

ROCK ISLAND -- When Omar Perez was a kindergartner, he couldn't read or speak English fluently. Now, the second grader at Longfellow Elementary can do both. Omar, 7, is an example of the minor ...