The Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF) recently awarded 26,797 children’s books to 75 organizations through its Early Literacy Grant Program, impacting 31,543 children in its 20-county ...

Even in Massachusetts, a state known for its advanced public education system, students lag behind in reading comprehension. In her State of the Commonwealth address at the beginning of this year, Gov ...

Prime Time, a Louisiana family literacy program, has boosted reading skills for decades by fostering shared mealtimes and ...

Arizona is getting a major boost in the push to improve early literacy. The state has been awarded an $8.4 million one-year federal grant aimed at its youngest learners — funding officials say could ...

For Eileen Pewterbaugh, her new raise is the difference between just being able to pay bills and being able to save for her son’s future. Pewterbaugh is a part-time early literacy tutor in Virginia ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Bozeman Public Schools plans to offer new early childhood programming this summer to help kids ...

A lesson is underway at West Sabine Elementary School in West Sabine ISD, a small and remote school district in East Texas in Sabine County. The school district has a little over 600 students with at ...

Oregon school districts are making plans to spend millions of dollars in new funding aimed at overhauling the way the state’s youngest learners are taught to read, but some early literacy advocates ...