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

Jersey Library has been named a Regional Library of the Year finalist due to its work to encourage children to read. It ran ...

Improving literacy instruction is once again in fashion among America’s policy circles. Between 2019 and 2022, state legislatures passed more than 200 bills that sought to push and pull public schools ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Reading is the key. Reading is fundamental. Take a look – it’s in a book. This is what we drill into children’s minds: that learning to read is extremely important to their future ...

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 ...