A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of Massachusetts parents who claimed their children were harmed by reading curricula designed by three prominent literacy experts.

Amarie Gipson is the founder of The Reading Room, an independent reference library with more than 700 books devoted to Black ...

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Swoon Booksellers, an independent bookstore, sells romance novels at shops & stores in the Greenville area. Lilly Frederick ...

A wave of new — and, often, younger — owners have helped the community dramatically expand, intensify and diversify.

The University of California system’s massive and multifurcated AI initiative At the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, ...

The appointments are Crystal Dvorak as principal of McCleery Elementary School, Peter Linden as assistant principal of Fearn ...

Read 2 Succeed (R2S), a local independent literacy nonprofit in Asheville supporting children 0–5, elementary students, ...

Nicole Krauss is a novelist and a 2025 Guggenheim fellow. This op-ed is adapted from a speech the author gave on May 13 while ...

LOMPOC, CA, MAY 21, 2025 – The Lompoc Public Library System invites the community to participate in Level Up at Your Library, an all-ages summer reading program based around puzzles and games. The ...

Third grade is regarded as a turning point in reading, when students are expected to read more complex text across the school day. If they can’t read at grade level in upper elementary school and ...

The changes are meant to promote consistency in the classroom and reduce planning time for teachers. Here’s what to know.