Reading

Amid a national push for reading instruction reform, lawmakers are weighing a bill to give Illinois until 2024 to come up with a new plan.

Education leaders want Missouri teachers to lean into research-backed literacy instruction methods, known as the science of reading.

Eleven women in the state Senate are touring Missouri to discuss fourth grade reading levels.

Librarians Jennifer Alexander of St. Louis County Library and Jen Ohzourk of St. Louis Public Library share their favorite new books of the past year.

Sixth grader Andre Turner leaned up against a wall-size mural of the new reading center at Confluence Academy-Old North.His head rested on the “B,” about…

It’s estimated that as many as 1 in 5 people around the world have dyslexia, a learning disorder that affects how one’s brain processes information about…

Setting children up for academic success is Annie Watson’s driving passion. The Kansas City, Missouri, native is the director of early education and...

Tricia Frank’s car breaking down this spring was a good thing: Now she has more storage space in her new, larger vehicle.Frank is using that new car to…

A group of drag queens in bejeweled ball gowns and stiletto heels brought unexpected glamour to storytime on Mother's Day weekend.A rambunctious crowd…

Earlier this year, we spoke with 11-year-old Sidney Keys III and his mother Winnie Caldwell about Books N Bros, a book club Keys founded to encourage boys…