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Shapiro administration awards more than $1 million to expand adult literacy programs across the Commonwealth

DR. KHALID N. MUMIN Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) Thursday awarded more than $1 million to five school entities to train...

Millions of US children have mediocre reading skills, but engaged parents and a committed school curriculum can help

Getty Images Stock Photo by Shayne Piasta, The Ohio State University Reading ability among U.S. students remained low in 2022, with 37% of fourth graders and...

Why We Need Diverse Books in Schools

Books banned nationwide are most likely to have LGBTQ+ content, characters of color, and themes of race, racism, rights, or activism. by Maya Pottiger Ever since...

Kanye may not like books, but hip-hop fosters a love of literature

by A.D. Carson, University of Virginia When Ye – the artist formerly known as Kanye West – stated during a recent podcast that he doesn’t...

Financial literacy meets technology

FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE can be a game changer for Black communities across the country and abroad. In the age of technology, users are used to gaining...

How changing parental beliefs can build stronger vocabulary and math skills for young children

Parents nurture their child’s development when they tell stories and have conversations with them. FG Trade/E+ Collection via Getty Images by Julie Pernaudet, University of Chicago;...

UNC reading specialist turned whistle-blower says she is resigning

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — The reading specialist who questioned the literacy level of athletes who were admitted to the University of North Carolina...

LAB brings creativity to East End kids

LET’S BE CREATIVE—Jess Gold assists students from the Literary Arts Boom with their creative literary masterpieces. (Photo by J.L. Martello) Creating a safe and fun environment of reading and writing with children, while helping them to find, develop and foster their own creative voices, is what the Garfield based Literary Arts Boom (The LAB) program is all about.

In rural McDowell County W.Va., schools rethink their role

LEARNING--Shaevon Boyd, a third grader at Southside K-8 School in War, W.Va., works on a reading assignment during an after school program on May 7. The school located in McDowell County, an area overwhelmed with poverty, unemployment, drug abuse, and teacher shortages, provides after school access to computers, tutoring, recreation and a meal. (AP Photo/Randy Snyder) by Philip Elliott WAR, W.Va. (AP) — When school started this fall in this sparsely populated rural area at West Virginia's southern tip, 1 of 7 classrooms was without a teacher because leaders couldn't recruit enough educators.

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