The very act of reading independently should be pleasurable. Forcing a child to stumble through works that are too difficult ...

First grade teacher Haley Dail said, “It makes me feel so great. I love seeing them read and loving to read.” Dail’s student, Annelise French’s love for reading grew since the school year. She said ...

A program designed to remove barriers to literacy by putting books ... homes of first and second-grade students in five ...