With the Niagara Falls City School District having several programs meant to help boost its students’ literacy rate, its ...

Reading for enjoyment is becoming a lost habit among today’s youth, as more and more students struggle with the foundational skills needed to read effectively. Learning to read is challenging—it ...

When market research firm Circana issued a report on the slump in the middle grade market in July, it was not so much a surprise as a continuation of disheartening news for the category, whose sales ...

NORTHERN MICHIGAN — This month, elementary schools around the country are sending home reading calendars and sticker charts, emphasizing the importance of literacy because, after all, March is Reading ...

After 13 years of boosting literacy in Schenectady, Magid is moving to Minneapolis to start a new chapter. Discover how RIF’s one-on-one mentoring is closing the education gap for New York students.

Yes, I’m speaking to you – busy parents, hardworking students and those too drained by social media, the news cycles or family commitments to imagine doing much else. Do you remember when you opened a ...

Editor’s note: Commentary is solely the opinion of the writer and not the Daily Journal. With school ending in May or June, students will no longer be required to read textbooks and other assigned ...

Americans are putting down books in record numbers, with a new study revealing that daily reading for pleasure has dropped by 40% over the past two decades. As technology vies for attention, only 16% ...

Avid readers of fiction score better on international tests, but simply encouraging all students to read fiction for pleasure is unlikely to equip them to understand the expository text they'll be ...