As poverty rates rise, reading proficiency rates tend to fall. But poverty is not destiny, and some schools and districts hugely outperform what might be expected of them based solely on which ...

New analysis compares literacy vs. poverty rates for 10,000 districts, 42,000 schools and 3 million kids. Is your school a ...

About 70 people turned out Saturday at a reading to celebrate the publication of a new book of photos and poems that ...

The Montana Legislature approved the program in 2023 when more than half of the state’s third-graders were reading below grade level.

Roseburg, Oregon stands as that hidden gem – a pocket of affordable bliss tucked into the stunning Umpqua River Valley where golden years don’t demand golden bank accounts. I’ve dined in metropolitan ...

READING, Pa. - Concerns are growing over an archery deer hunt that's currently underway. "We have people that live here," says Art Hahn, who lives on the mountain in Lower Alsace Township. "You don't ...

BEREA, Ohio — Thousands of families packed Crushers Stadium in Avon on Oct. 18 for the Fifth Annual First Responders and Community Trunk or Treat, an event that brought together police, fire, and ...

When the Nobel Committee announced that László Krasznahorkai had won this year’s prize for literature, I pulled one of his novels off the shelf. I wasn’t familiar with his work, but the words ...

New York and California are struggling economically — and if things get worse in those states, they could take the whole U.S. economy down with them. The two states, it must be noted, aren’t doing as ...

Time now for our science news roundup from Short Wave. That is NPR's science podcast. I'm joined by the show's two hosts, Regina Barber and Emily Kwong. Hi, you two. EMILY KWONG, BYLINE: Hi, Mary ...

Aaron Rodgers will get his induction into the Steelers vs. Bengals rivalry on 'Thursday Night Football' to kick off NFL Week 7. Several NFL prop picks will center on Rodgers, Jaylen Warren, DK Metcalf ...

Before Sebastian Castillo cracks open a book on the bus, he has an intrusive thought: Should he tap the stranger next to him on the shoulder and clarify that yes, he’s starting this book on Page 1, ...