Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and ...

“A Song Below Water” is a fantasy novel for young adult readers that centers around Black sirens who are trying to navigate ...

Researchers continue to reveal the negative side effects of social media use on the young brain as a new study links social ...

Victoria Beckham said she struggles seeing negative headlines about her kids in the press. The mother of four added that she ...

Asher Freije, a Scholastic Kids reporter, highlights the importance of reading for children amidst the dominance of screens ...

After pandemic setbacks, Thomasville and Thomas County schools are seeing strong gains in third-grade reading scores thanks ...

Why are so few kids reading for pleasure? A quarter-century ago, David Saylor shepherded the epic Harry Potter fantasy series onto U.S. bookshelves. As creative director of children’s publisher ...

Assembly Bill 1454 marks a turning point in California in a long-running debate over how to teach kids to read. For decades, ...

A new California law is pushing for phonics-based reading instruction in elementary and middle school classrooms.

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