One group with the teacher doing directed fast-paced instruction on letters, sounds and combining them to read syllables, ...

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

In August, the program received its own nonprofit status, and the now 28-year-old organization plans to continue growing its mission to provide elementary students with reading support and friendship, ...

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 ...

The Iowa Department of Education spent $3.5 million to give every 1st grader in the state book packs they can take home and ...

Literacy rates are tumbling as kids' attention spans dwindle. Families are scraping together funds to move schools or get ...

Capital Area District Libraries' reading experts share their topic picks for young adult, middle grade and children's books ...

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

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.

Pasadena ISD has worked with Cycle, a nonprofit that gifts bikes for reading gains, for years, but now the district is ...

Nigel Mortley describes himself as an 'ordinary oke who really likes children to read'. Last year, he started a mobile ...

What is a treasured book that you received as a child? Gering librarian Sherry Preston quizzed some of her fellow library ...