Anna May Sullivan loves the first day of May. After all, it is her birthday, which explains why her middle name is “May," ...

The neuroscientist Maryanne Wolf suggests many students no longer have the “cognitive patience” to read long books due to the ...

When you combine music and literacy together, young readers are not only entertained, but they’re also training their brains much more effectively.  Learning to read proficiently involves far more ...

President Donald Trump is receiving mixed reactions for reading from the Bible during a nationwide broadcast a week after he criticized Pope Leo XIV and posted an AI-generated photo of him appearing ...

Trump's selected reading is a Bible passage that has been used for decades by those promoting the belief that America has been and should be a Christian nation.

The scriptural passage that President Donald Trump read in a livestreamed Bible-reading marathon dates back to the depiction of an ancient event — but it’s one that carries a highly charged ...

Digital books have grown in popularity over the past decade, but more Americans still read books in print than in digital formats. Overall, 75% of U.S. adults say they have read all or part of at ...

As a former English teacher with a background in literacy education, I’ve seen how imperative it is that kids have a solid reading foundation. At the same time, as a mom to three young kids, I feel ...

As school leaders, we talk often about impact. We analyze data, review initiatives, and reflect on outcomes to determine whether our work is truly making a difference. Those measures are important. At ...

Book reading in schools has fallen off severely and, in many classrooms, nearly disappeared, but our model legislation, called the BOOKS Act, can ensure that kids start reading full books again, ...

In our recurring series, we ask literacy experts in classrooms and libraries to discuss their techniques for selecting and sharing books to lead engaging storytimes. For this installment, PW spoke ...