The Cobb County School Board voted to terminate a teacher after she read a book about gender norms to her fifth-grade class. In a board meeting Thursday evening, the board voted 4-3 to fire Katie ...

Fifth grade students in Katie Rinderle’s class at Due West Elementary School in Cobb County had mixed reactions after reading a book called “My Shadow is Purple,” which challenges gender norms, in ...

As a teacher in Oakland, Calif., Kareem Weaver helped struggling fourth- and fifth-grade kids learn to read by using a very structured, phonics-based reading curriculum called Open Court. It worked ...

Treasure Coast lawmakers propose bills requiring elementary students to read and write cursive, reviving a skill dropped from ...

A book on the First Amendment sent to some St. Tammany Parish fifth graders as part of a summer-reading program has sparked complaints from parents, prompting school officials to say that it shouldn't ...

Dyslexia advocates pushing for new legislation to address reading intervention in the state may face an uphill battle getting ...

Six months of author read-alouds, free literacy activities, book giveaways, and a nationwide challenge to read 100 books. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), the ...

Following her run as Audrey in off-Broadway's Little Shop of Horrors, Sarah Hyland is back on New York stages as Daisy in the hit musical The Great Gatsby. Though she just began her time in the role, ...

Teacher shortages, cell phones in the classroom and chronic absenteeism are all contributing factors to Michigan students' ...

Most of Texas' more than five million public school students will start their State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness exams this week. Taken by students from third grade to high school, the ...