"The puppies don't care if you get stuck on a word. They're just happy to sit in your lap. So much confidence has come from this program," Brooke Hughes said Erin Clack is a Staff Editor for PEOPLE.

E.A. Stonesifer of Rockville and Frank Ieardi of Laytonsville are founders of Reading is Terrific, a nonprofit organization that provides books and readers to first-graders in eight Montgomery County ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—A two-week summer program at Mississippi State can make a long-term difference to students—from kindergarteners and first graders to MSU graduate students. Local kindergarten and ...

Local author and publisher Nicole Magistro has made it her mission to introduce kids to the world of possibilities found in books. From her inaugural children’s book, “Read Island,” to a publishing ...

Eric Hagarty sat on a chair in front of an eager crowd Tuesday morning, a leather strap etched with his name slung around his neck and attached to a dark brown Martin guitar. Pennsylvania’s acting ...

The proposal, which is set to receive a preliminary vote as early as next week, is part of a novel push to mandate texts at ...

Are our brains wired for reading? Can kids learn to read on their own? Here's what the research says and how we can implement ...

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