Sara Bode of Nationwide Children's Hospital in Ohio speaks with NPR's Emily Kwong about why many pediatric centers have started screening kids for literacy skills.

Center Line Public Library • Baby and toddler play group 11 a.m. Tuesdays. Children up to 36 months and their caregivers ...

A person’s a person no matter how small.” Words from Dr. Seuss’s books were heard throughout the day at Our Lady of ...

Schools across St. Clair and Sanilac counties celebrate March Is Reading Month with creative classroom activities and community events.

Get our briefing — Once a week, local news focused on decisions that affect Lakeland. Pam Craven, executive director of the Learning Resource Center (LRC), said many kindergarteners in Polk County ...

The St. Joseph County Public Library is launching a new early literacy program called Early Birds. Early Birds focuses on five core literacy skills: talking, singing, reading, writing and playing.

When COVID-19 wrought havoc on society in early 2020, today’s youngest schoolchildren were infants or yet to be born. Now in their early school years, researchers are beginning to see how the pandemic ...

MOUNTAIN PINE — Mountain Pine schools are seeing academic gains as educators increasingly use student data and targeted ...

For some young children in Columbus, Ohio, reading assessments don't start in the kindergarten classroom -- they happen first in the doctor's office. With concerns rising about lagging childhood ...

Dr. Sara Bode (far right) high fives Juri Sleet, 4, after she and Crystal Webb, a kindergarten readiness coordinator, talk with Sleet's grandmother, Quintina Davis (left), about the literacy screening ...

Since the school district implemented a new phonics program in Bradley Elementary School, 80% of the kids are now reading ...

Educators at Pittsburgh Weil PreK-5 say a new literacy initiative will improve academics at the Hill District school. Weil ...