Right now, education is too centered around technology. While new tools and technology in this field are certainly exciting, ...

Although it is usually associated with young children’s bedtimes, my teenage daughter and I recently rediscovered the joy of ...

A longstanding partnership between the Grand Rapids Public Library and Grand Rapids Public Schools aims to to help fifth ...

February is I Love to Read Month, and as promoters of the written word, we applaud the people and organizations throughout the community who encourage children and adults to read.  Research shows that ...

A $6,000 grant from Southwest Initiative Foundation’s Emerging Leaders Cabinet will boost a West Elementary project to foster reading and writing skills.  “West’s Balanced ...

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The recent report on national reading scores was, as a top education data official put it, a “sobering” reminder that ...

National News Literacy Week kicked off Monday. Especially for youth, critical thinking skills to analyze what's read, seen ...

One of state’s starkest letdowns is consistently poor elementary and middle school test scores in basic educational skills ...

An interdisciplinary approach can help elementary students deepen their appreciation for music while developing their ...

Still another possible factor in the plummeting reading scores is that literature has been deemphasized and even removed from ...

Literacy is a gift we give our children. It’s reading a poem by, say, Joseph Bruchac and understanding not just the words, ...