I know all about paying attention and furthering one’s knowledge with reading. But, I also know of reading for fun and to get ...

The McKinley Elementary School library in the Central Unified School District is an inviting space for students to pull up a chair and read every day. Chapter books, sports books or even one about a ...

Throughout her nearly 30-year career as an elementary school reading specialist, Christie Welsby has struggled to find material that was both decodable (able to be sounded out) and engaging. “The ...

In “Don’t Be a Stranger,” Susan Minot once again explores female desire, staging a romantic collision between a divorced ...

The Scholastic Book Fair has arrived at Heritage and Cherokee Elementary Schools, and will soon follow at other sites. The book fair began Monday, Sept. 23, and will run through Friday, Oct. 4. "I am ...

Athena Elementary School recently purchased Scottie, a book vending machine, which serves as an incentive for students to get ...

A new middle-grade novel by award-winning Pete Hautman, two mysteries and a horror anthology. Who could ask for anything more on an autumn Sunday? “Answers to Dog”: by Pete Hautman (Candlewick Press, ...

While many 8-year-old’ This week’s episode of Beyond the Next Chapter features Anaik Sachdev, the Valley boy who started the ...

The linguistically, ethnically, and economically diverse student body in the Metropolitan School District (MSD) of Decatur ...

Teachers who talk to kids about why learning is difficult equips students to understand themselves and become their own ...

With a 68-year legacy, Christ Church Day School (CCDS) has implemented some exciting developments this school year. “We ...

Sophie Kinsella, the author of “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” packs love, laughter and a harrowing real-life health ordeal ...