For some elementary school students, reading lessons are an opportunity to get messy and get out of their seats. Kids learning how to map letters to sounds might trace A’s and B’s in sand or shaving ...

More than 60 youngsters sat enthralled as Tehama County Librarian Sally Ainsworth, wearing a hot-dog hat, read a children's story during the first day of the Children's Summer Reading Program at the ...

A new study found that California schools got positive results from a targeted investment in the science of reading — even with the challenges of pandemic recovery. By Dana Goldstein To try to make up ...

In Finland, some of the most attentive listeners helping children improve their reading skills have four legs. Across ...

Prizes and activities keep kids motivated to read during summer break.

Five years after the pandemic forced children into remote instruction, two-thirds of U.S. fourth graders still cannot read at grade level. Reading scores lag 2 percentage points below 2022 levels and ...

Summer reading programs are beginning for libraries throughout Michigan. This year’s statewide theme is “Unearth a Story”.

LONDON, 30 October 2025 – The ‘literacy crisis’ is complex, but two things are clear: some teachers lack confidence in teaching literacy effectively and some children are not learning foundational ...

After decades of stagnating reading performance, American literacy levels have begun to drop, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a program of the Department of Education.

The Metropolitan Library System is encouraging families across Oklahoma to take part in its summer reading program, designed ...

KSHB 41 reporter Olivia Acree covers portions of Johnson County, Kansas. Share your story idea with Olivia. Libraries across the Kansas City metro are launching summer reading programs to help prevent ...