In the Spring of 1992, State Treasurer Harlan Boyles received a phone call from Jim Hunt, who was running for an ...

Natasha Davis has always encouraged her daughters to read. So she was delighted when Nilah, a third grader at King Elementary ...

In modern times, gone are the cheesy “men-in-tights, hands-on-hips” heroic moments, and in their place are diverse, complex ...

Two novels center on small acts of valor, from a little onion’s quest to free his father to an orphaned boy carrying messages ...

Abby Clingan died in 1998. But her parents have been giving away copies of "The Giving Tree" at Christmas to honor her and ...

While both my family and my teachers played a huge role in my love of reading, it was when the two combined forces that it paid off academically ...

Parents often wonder when a child’s future starts to take shape, and new research suggests the clues can appear surprisingly early. A long-running study from Pennsylvania State University points to ...

Lin Kelly, a 75-year-old volunteer, made a difference in kindergarteners' literacy skills at Abbot-Downing School through her dedication.

Kindergarten students recently put their thinking skills to work while learning how to compare and contrast in a fun and ...

Circle City Readers an Indianapolis tutoring program to address K-3 grade literacy gaps at public schools has improved ...

Though Idaho is a major sugar producer, many students know little about sugarbeets, says Samantha Parrott, of Snake River Sugarbeet Association. She hopes a new curriculum will help inform them.

At The Rhoades School, students are learning simple tools to pause, breathe and respond with kindness lessons educators say are helping children not just in the classroom, but at home as well.