Reading Rockets offers a wealth of reading strategies, lessons, and activities designed to help young children learn how to read and read better. Our reading resources assist parents, teachers, and other educators in helping struggling readers build fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills.

Today's Reading News

Reading Group Issues Guidance for Common Core

Education Week (blog)

While teachers need to be thinking about assigning more complex texts to students under the common standards, they don't have to choose more complex reading for every single text, or assign tougher readings for kindergartners and 1st graders, according to new guidance from the International Reading Association.

Check out more of our selected reading news stories. Each weekday, we gather interesting news headlines about reading and early education. You can also sign up for our daily email service (or a weekly digest), to get the latest reading headlines sent directly to you.

Get our newsletters!

Follow Reading Rockets

"Thanks for helping me with "my" situation. This site has given hope and plans instead of despair."
~ Kim P.

Featured Sister Site

American Graduate: A national, community-based dropout prevention initiative funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Follow Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs.

Reading Rockets is a national multimedia project that offers research-based and best-practice information on teaching kids to read and helping those who struggle.

Visit WETA's other education websites:

View Reading Rockets:
Mobile | Desktop