Paula Randall knew she had dyslexia, but did not learn to read until she was 42 [BBC] A woman who spent 25 years hiding the fact she could not read has said there should be more support for adults ...

The XPrize Foundation announced today that it is teaming up with the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy and the Dollar General Literacy Foundation to create the Adult Literacy XPrize, which ...

A high level of literacy in both print and digital media is required for negotiating most aspects of 21st-century life—supporting a family, education, health, civic participation, and competitiveness ...

On Thursday, May 12, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation will announce nearly $8.2 million in grants to approximately 1,000 schools, libraries and nonprofit organizations as part of its spring ...

Learning to read reshapes how the brain processes language. New research from Baycrest and the University of São Paulo shows that learning to read fundamentally changes how the brain responds to ...

Parents often hear the warning: “If your child doesn’t learn a second language early, they’ll never be fluent.” Adults, meanwhile, are told: “It’s just too late for you to learn now.” These claims are ...