Almost 38,000 Iowa first grade students are slated ... according to the release. The book packs are designed to become more challenging as students' reading skills improve, the release says.

"When it comes to actual ability to be able to read grade-level text, it's shockingly low," said reading tutor Nicki Pratti.

A judge said a teacher in the Mount Lebanon School District violated parents’ rights by choosing to read books with ...

The books in the book packs are part of the curriculum based on the science of reading which, put simply, focuses on teaching ...

As part of the District's Title I program, many Sioux City first graders got an early-Christmas present with books and bookbags, courtesy of the Iowa Department of Education. Part of the program's ...