Robert Frost once said, “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” So it’s no surprise that educators who want their students to think, feel, and express ...

Reading aloud to students during class time may sound like a simple, almost quaint, endeavor, as if from a bygone era. But literacy experts insist that it’s every bit as relevant now as ever, and they ...

Eyes wide and mouths agape, 24 8th graders are waiting with bated breath as the villain sneaks up behind our protagonists. I pause. “Should we stop for today?” I ask with a smirk. “Noooo!” the class ...

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 ...

An Idaho high school student reads “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie in this 2016 photo. An updated Wake County school policy would require teachers to discuss with ...

The Wake County Board of Education approved a revised policy Tuesday that would require educators to spend more time reviewing books that are selected for libraries and for classroom read-alouds. The ...