The annual African American Children’s Book Fair (AACBF) returned to Philadelphia for the its 33rd year. The book fair is one of the oldest and largest book fairs for African American children in the ...

THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP. CAN YOU SAY THE LETTER O? AND WHAT SOUND DOES THE LETTER A MAKE UP? THESE TWO LITTLE ONES ARE NOT IN KINDERGARTEN JUST YET, BUT THEY ARE KINDERGARTEN READY. WHAT’S SEVEN TIMES ONE ...

On Saturday, February 11 th, hundreds of children from the Philadelphia area gathered at the Pennsylvania Convention Center for the 31 st Annual African American Children’s Book Fair. The event ...

Since the early 1990s, the number of African-American 4th graders with basic reading skills has doubled. But an alarming 60 percent of black 4th graders still cannot read at grade level. The National ...

The African American Family Book Expo returns to promote literacy in metro Detroit. Detroit Book City’s 9th annual African American Family Book Expo returns to promote literacy in metro Detroit and ...

The 31st annual African American Children’s Book Fair will be held in person Saturday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Pennsylvania Convention Center at 12th and Arch streets. Admission will be free to ...

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A woman is dead and another is in critical condition after a hit-and-run crash early Sunday morning in Clinton Township, Franklin County.

Autism occurs in people in every ethnic, racial, and social class in the world. Despite that, many studies have shown that African American children with autism are less likely to be identified, ...

“Dr. Holt, I need you to come listen to one of my second graders. This is one of my best students, but I’m worried I might be overlooking a speech or language disorder—I’m just not sure,” the teacher ...