Literacy

The gains announced on Thursday came during the first full school year of a new initiative contained within a 2021 state law designed to improve reading proficiency.

Hoof-cleaning is a very necessary part of Man Man’s beauty regiment. Caitlin demonstrates how she uses a special tool to remove all kinds of stuff from the farm that can get trapped in her bestie’s hooves. Plus, our friend Zora drops by with the book “Your Own Kind of Beautiful!”

Far fewer North Carolina third-graders in public schools have demonstrated reading proficiency, compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic, a troubling finding that state educators said needs to be urgently addressed.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has announced it's expanding a successful early literacy program to all North Carolina…

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is partnering with Native American tribes and two national organizations to increase access to literary…

Third grader Dylan Ward says that when he goes to college, he’s going to be a “professional football player, that’s it.”The shaggy-haired nine-year-old…

Sometimes Dr. David Tayloe’s patients are less than thrilled to see him. Take two-year-old Kenai. When Tayloe walks into the room and says hello, the…

Every Monday and Wednesday for the past year, Dorise Adams and Mary Anne Carr have met in a classroom at United Methodist Church to achieve their singular…

Forty percent of the state’s third-graders tested below grade level in reading last school year. Those are levels of achievement many parents and…

Guilford County Schools says it needs more resources and teacher training to boost reading scores.The district had an outside consultant called Education…