literacy

Fort Worth ISD students, however, are not receiving enough instruction to master phonics, district officials said. As part of a wide-sweeping district restructuring, phonics lessons will be strengthened starting in the 2025-26 school year through the addition of a supplemental program.

The Tarrant County government Feb. 19 committed to helping school districts boost literacy rates. Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution underlining the county government’s support and issuing a call of action for all 20 school districts to introduce plans ensuring students can read at grade level.

The free 10-week intervention program helped 52 students — nearly all of whom were reading below their grade level — advance at least one grade level during the initiative’s three months, according to a new report released Oct. 29. Parent Shield sees the program as a solution for Fort Worth’s low reading rates, but the biggest hurdle is the cost, the organization’s leaders said.

Tom C. Gooch Elementary is one of the first four schools in Texas to receive a "Little Yellow Library" from the Kendra Scott Foundation.

Destiny Sparks is interested in reading about historical figures who look like her such as African American entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker.

As many as one-third of Dallas adults are barely literate. Each year, literacy groups only reach 1.5 percent of them. But now there's an award-winning…

More than 36 million adults nationwide lack basic English literacy. A team from Southern Methodist University and Literacy Instruction for Texas are…

A group of North Texas researchers has made the cut in an international competition to develop an easy-to-use smartphone app to improve adult literacy.The…

North Texas students with visual impairments improved their ability to read — and to enjoy books — this summer with the help of a pilot program in Tarrant…

Adults learning to read in Dallas will help test apps designed to reduce illiteracy.It’s part of a global competition to develop mobile applications aimed…

Experts say teaching a child how to read at a young age can make a big difference later in life. Last week, Tarrant County education groups held a forum…

In Fort Worth public schools, just three out of every 10 third graders are reading at grade level. That’s a problem the school district, city and business…