In an era of 'anti-intellectualism,' a popular L.A. reading series called Grain of Salt is redefining the book club by ...

An elementary school in Ohio has some of the best young readers in the nation. How they did it—and how a new law put it all at risk.

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In early literacy, the goal is simple but urgent: Help students become independent readers and writers. Every instructional decision we make either moves them closer to that goal or keeps them ...

A swimming-pool lorry has been touring rural communes in France’s Moselle department to provide swimming lessons where access to public pools is limited. For more than a year, a mobile swimming-pool ...

The educators at J.B. Nachman Elementary School knew they had to work fast. Several students at the Alexandria school posted low reading scores last spring, putting them at risk of having to repeat ...

HOT SPRING COUNTY, Ark. – Officials handed inmate Lloyd Byrd his GED degree in an October 2025 ceremony, marking the milestone of a 50-year effort. Department of Corrections officials said Byrd became ...

When I began to cover Taiwan in the 1980s for The New York Times, it was a dictatorship under martial law, banning opposition parties and imprisoning dissidents. Per capita income was just $4,000, and ...

This week’s stock selloff was a reminder that even a shift in market leadership has its limits, as it failed to shield investors from a sharp pullback in technology names that brought echoes of the ...

Families in WA's South West say a recent spate of marine rescues shows the need for a renewed focus on survival swimming skills. The call comes almost a week on from the high-profile rescue of the ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. It’s been a half-century since Thomas Grace was knocked off his feet by an Ohio ...

Gov. Mikie Sherrill, who took office last week, has announced her choice to oversee New Jersey’s public schools: Lily Laux, known for her role in a push to adopt the “science of reading” in Texas.