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 ...

United Way and two Illinois state representatives launch a new book drive to collect books for pre‑K–3rd grade readers across the Rock River Valley.

EdSource · Los Angeles parents fight for and win intensive tutoring for kids hurt by Covid Buoyed by their successful strategies for early literacy, California legislators and advocacy groups are ...

Ohio officials are pointing to a new study that shows $13 million in taxpayer money on country legend Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio is demonstrating the fundamental ...

HELENA, Mont. — First Lady Susan Gianforte highlighted a new report that found Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library significantly strengthens early literacy skills for children. The nonprofit program ...

It’s never too early to start reading at home with young children. Here’s how parents can be part of their child’s journey of reading and language development. Young children whose parents read five ...

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.

Last September, Savannah-Chatham County public schools tried out an intensive new tutoring program to help struggling readers catch up before state reading tests at the end of 3rd grade. By winter, ...

The data suggest the slump in academic performance is not rooted only in instructional disruption, but that broader societal shifts might be at play.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is trying to increase scores on the DIBELS exam, a standardized test that measures early literacy skills for students in kindergarten through third grade. One school is ...

For some 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 literacy ...

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