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Since the 1970s, Judy Blume has won more than 90 awards for her ability to perfectly capture the inner turmoil of being a ...
There is much blaming and finger-pointing as to why the U.S. isn’t doing better. Some experts say that parents are allowing kids to spend too much time on screens, while others argue that elementary ...
The RI Center for the Book promotes community and literacy by selecting one book annually for statewide reading programs. The ...
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Why one reading expert says ‘just-right’ books are all wrong

In a new book, researcher Timothy Shanahan argues that giving students easy texts is holding back US reading achievement ...
Ashley Howard is a devoted reader, with the library card receipts to prove it. But the University of Iowa African American ...
Only 31% of fourth-grade students in the U.S. are at or above the proficiency level for the nation's reading assessment, the National Assessment of Educational Progress said. Add to that, a new report ...