Early-elementary teachers work hard all year to support their students’ emerging reading skills. The payoff—gains in literacy progress—tends to come toward the end of the school year, just as it’s ...

We've all heard about the benefits of learning to read quietly and independently. A big part of learning at school is all about reading, but it's not always easy to find time for more reading at home.

April 9, 2026 - Some students are attracted to the small student population, the accessible rent prices and the research opportunities at UC Merced. As a teacher in San Jose Unified, Seena Hawley made ...

“Go pick your bedtime book, right now,” I told my four-year-old. Afternoon meltdowns had turned into bedtime battles, and I was tired. He returned clutching the book Glad Monster, Sad Monster and ...

Words are powerful, and a rich vocabulary can provide young people with significant advantages. Successful vocabulary development is associated with better vocational, academic and health outcomes.

Multicultural Children’s Book Day, a nonprofit initiative whose dual mission is to raise awareness of kids’ books celebrating diversity and to get more of these books into classrooms and libraries, ...

Continuing our series on Read Alouds That Rock, we spotlight educators who deliver captivating storytimes for the chapter book and middle grade crowd in grades three to five. Close your eyes for a ...

Apple on Thursday released iBooks StoryTime, a new first-party tvOS app that brings handpicked children's books to the big screen with Read-Aloud narration, fun graphics and animations, and Siri ...

1123 TODAY IS WORLD READ ALOUD DAY, A GLOBAL CELEBRATION OF THE POWER OF READING AND STORYTELLING, A MILWAUKEE WOMAN’S PASSION FOR READING ALOUD HAS GONE VIRAL. JOINING ME NOW IS JEANETTE JUSTICE, THE ...