Literacy

Sesame Street turned TV into the most effective early-learning tool ever made. Here’s how it proved education can be joyful, creative, and for everyone.

New national data reveal a sharp rise in functional illiteracy among U.S. young adults — even as more are earning high school diplomas. Experts warn of a widening disconnect between graduation rates, real literacy skills, and what it means to be “educated” in the digital age.

Anti-intellectualism is rising. Schools are under attack. In this urgent call to action, Christopher Stewart argues that if we don’t reclaim truth, science, and our children’s cognitive freedom, we risk losing democracy itself.

Our Balkanized approach of names, dates, and places unanchored in time and devoid of context, ignores the interconnected nature of history and the powerful “stickiness” of stories. 

Antonio Brown offers young men a free haircut if they read a book while in his chair—and they can keep the books they read to the barber!

St. Louis NAACP files federal complaint over Black students’ low reading scores, highlighting disparities and calling for urgent interventions.

There are many excellent books by Black authors. This list provides 15 recommended books for readers interested in broadening their horizons.

Moving reading mindsets from focusing on being a “good reader” to being an “effective reader” is especially vital in upper grades.

A new study shows that a majority of states use weak elementary teacher reading licensing tests.