4,000 third graders from 40 school districts in the Miami Valley will share in 30,000 books this summer as part of the program called "Kids Read Now" sponsored by the One Call Now Foundation in Troy.

When it comes to reading, educators, parents, and publishers all want to meet kids where they are. And where they’ll find many middle graders today is on bumpy terrain. Declines in reading and math ...

All readers, especially reluctant readers, need the best books that motivate them to read. This is why I want to share these interactive adventure chapter books that ask readers to fill in, draw, and ...

At the same time that thousands of school districts nationwide are beginning to implement the Common Core State Standards in English/language arts, many also face new state reading policies for the ...

Changes in education policy often emanate from the federal government. But one policy that has spread across the country came not from Washington, D.C., but from Florida. "Mandatory retention" ...

This weekend, we've been focusing on the new pressures on third grade. Yesterday, we had a report from Florida, the first state to require third graders to show adequate reading proficiency or be held ...

Nineteen states have adopted "mandatory retention" policies, which require third-graders who do not show sufficient proficiency in reading to repeat the grade. (Larry W. Smith | Getty Images) Changes ...