For kids to be exposed to reading, families have to have books to read to them, which isn't a given — especially in low-income areas. First Book... Nonprofit Fights Illiteracy By Getting Books To Kids ...

Reading and math scores are abysmal across the country, as national testing results keep documenting. Illiteracy rates are rising: The number of 16- to 24-year-olds reading at the lowest literacy ...

CHICAGO – According to the Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition, an estimated 882,000 adults in Chicago possess low basic literacy skills. If the children of these adults do not receive in-depth ...

ELCHO ISLAND, Australia (Reuters) - Soon after getting a green laptop distributed free to Aboriginal school children in hopes of combating illiteracy and truancy, Jericho Lacey learned his computer ...

It was a busy day for members of St. John’s Cathedral who packed 10,000 meals for Jacksonville kids in need. STORY: Contest: Win a pair of tickets to see The Masked Singer National Tour stop in ...

Lawyers representing Detroit schoolchildren in a literacy lawsuit criticized state officials today in new court filings that say the state is wrongly blaming students and their families for their own ...