The ACTS family shelter in Philadelphia recently inaugurated a vibrant new space where children who are experiencing homelessness can...

First Book, the largest online network of educators serving children in need, in partnership with literacy expert and education...

Read Here Find out more about how the Coin Laundry Association and Too Small to Fail are transforming laundromats in Philadelphia.

The massive inequality that characterizes children’s opportunity to learn and succeed in the U.S. is no secret. Children who have a basic...

Preschool-aged children were able to pick up more new vocabulary words through a combination of learning tools like physical books and...

Children from high-poverty neighborhoods who attended Tennessee’s Voluntary Pre-K (VPK) had significantly higher 3rd grade reading scores...

By the year 2000, every adult American will be literate and will possess the knowledge and skills necessary to compete in a global economy…”

As kids head back to school, teachers are once again battling the effects of the dreaded summer slide—a term used to describe the tendency..

At dozens of barbershops and laundromats across the United States, the sound of children reading aloud mingles with the buzz and snip from..

Summertime has arrived in New York City, and as the song goes, “the living is easy” for many children. But many aren’t so fortunate...

Some laundromat owners are teaming up with libraries to provide books, toys and even story time for kids forced to tag along on laundry day.