DANVILLE — As soon as reading specialist Ann Marie Cantore told the kindergarten students they were going to review the short i, they responded with “Itchy,” for Itchy the worm with a white fuzzball ...

Tension: Parents want educational apps that actually work—but they’re overwhelmed by a flood of options with slick interfaces and shallow outcomes. Noise: App store reviews, gamified marketing, and ...

Learning tool Hooked on Phonics has released a new app called Reading Pro aimed at children aged 7 to 10, seeking to strengthen reading skills among an age group already familiar with mobile devices.

On Wal-Mart’s aisle of educational toys and children’s learning materials, dozens of brightly-packaged products and cartoon-infused titles vie for parents’ attention and a slice of their pocketbooks.

Hooked on Phonics, a literacy and learning program, has undergone some major changes in the way it reaches consumers in the past 30 years. More recently the company has been focusing on digital ...

Americans are used to being inundated with slick commercials for beer, fast food and cars, so it was probably just a matter of time until a company like Gateway Educational Products tried the approach ...