For some young children in Columbus, Ohio, reading assessments don’t start in the kindergarten classroom — they happen first in the doctor’s office.

Canadian kids are spending more time on screens and far less time playing—throwing a ball or jumping around—and that's creating a big public health problem. Not only are they missing out on better ...

Children who spend time learning outside may reap benefits physically, academically, and emotionally, according to a Texas ...

UNC Charlotte professor Kelly Cartwright is helping shape a new PBS Kids television series called "Phoebe & Jay." Why it ...

Serena Butch, center, reading to children at the Parsons Children and Early Literacy Center. Children’s Book Week is a reading initiative recognized nationwide twice a year, in May and in November. It ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- "Literacy for Life: A Protect Our Children Special Presentation," hosted by Shirleen Allicot, focuses on the importance of teaching children to read and write and how illiteracy can ...

Founded in 2017, Ballet & Books aims to reduce the literacy gap through a “hybrid storytelling of dance and reading,” according to founder and executive director Talia Bailes, also a fourth-year ...

A literacy and tutoring organization has named the University of Virginia Police Division its Law Enforcement Partner of the Year. The honor from the Life Enrichment Center, a nonprofit that seeks to ...

Children’s Book Week is celebrated May 5 – 11. As a nation and as parents, let’s use this week to help our kids fall in love with reading again. Children’s Book Week is a perfect time to put down the ...

An 18-year-old graduate of Hartford Public High School is suing the school district, claiming the district never taught her to read or write. As a student with a disability, she claims she was ...

Each year, Raising a Reader Aspen to Parachute spreads the joy of reading by putting free books into the hands of some of Garfield County’s youngest children through the Children’s Arts and Literacy ...