Ms. Beville’s 2nd-grade class reads “J.D. and the Great Barber Battle” as a group. Courtesy of Staunton Schools. At the end of October, students at Bessie Weller Elementary School in Staunton began ...

In an age inundated with addictive technology and distracting applications, it has become increasingly difficult to engage in simple activities. Focus and discipline have become elusive qualities. But ...

Building a good reading habit in the early years of schooling is one of the most impactful ways to support lifelong learning. For classes 1 to 4, schools play a crucial role by actively shaping an ...

There's nothing better than cozying up by the fire, drinking a warm cup of tea and escaping into a good book. But there's nothing worse than picking up a book, reading a few pages or chapters and ...

Anywhere from 5 to 20 percent of the population struggles with dyslexia, a learning disorder that involves difficulty reading due to problems identifying speech sounds and how they relate to letters ...

Reading is one of my favorite hobbies, but I've definitely experienced a reading slump here and there — and so have many others. But finding the book that gets you out of a reading rut is a wonderful ...

Oh, “The Great Gatsby,” that venerable habitué of AP English classes in the 1990s (and possibly still). In memory the book stretches almost interminably from September through January of an academic ...

An author who published eight novels before her writing career took off said it was partly down to the "enormous community" of book lovers on social media. Sangu Mandanna's ninth book, set in her home ...