The most effective advocacy programs often begin with a personal passion to make a difference. When former National School Library Program of the Year librarian Marge Cox retired, she began ...

For the third time in less than two years, reading advocates are calling on lawmakers to require the Oregon Department of ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - This week on ‘Awareness,’ Billie Jean Shaw spearheads a discussion about improving literacy in the Black community. An alarming national statistic shows that, in South Carolina, ...

Literacy is the heartbeat of all learning. Reading and writing are key to ensuring that our children are prepared for the real world. Literacy skills dictate our children’s ability to make choices and ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- In 2013, Neil and Maria Bush founded the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation to carry on the former first lady's legacy as a champion of literacy. The foundation's mission is to ...

Anywhere there is a disparity that’s that stark… those are civil rights issues,” said Rep. Justin Fleming, a Democrat for ...

In Alicia Comeau’s kindergarten classroom at Holcomb Elementary School in Oregon City, a book is far from the only way to learn how to read. During a recent circle time, Comeau looked out into an ...

Sonya Thomas’s journey from parent to education advocate is paved with her own tears, tears she cried as she realized the youngest of her four children was struggling in school. Despite his ...