A program started by Dolly Parton, known for her kitschy fashion and genre-bending musical style, delivers thousands of books ...

The Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County is preparing to help hundreds of struggling readers build the skills and ...

Before Dolly Parton died at 80 on Aug. 25, she said she wanted to be remembered not for her country music career, but for her ...

ELDRIDGE, Iowa (KWQC) - The Scott County Library System has launched a new and improved Learn to Read program based on the science of reading, offering families free resources to help children develop ...

After decades of stagnating reading performance, American literacy levels have begun to drop, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a program of the Department of Education.

I am often asked if self-directed education works for children who are diagnosed with dyslexia. The usual assumption, in the special education world, is that such children cannot learn to read without ...

Omo Ise-Idehen could tell that the word “log” had her soon-to-be first grade student stumped. But after several weeks as one of a dozen high schoolers interning in Portland Public Schools’ early ...

Eliana Villanueva and Houston Mills were beaming about their "graduation" in the new literacy program at McCornack Elementary. The second graders recently advanced to a higher-level reading group ...

MACON, Ga. — A Macon literacy program is getting a boost from the Macon Violence Prevention Program before they start their programming this summer. The top floor of Saint Paul's Episcopal Church in ...

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