Reading for enjoyment is becoming a lost habit among today’s youth, as more and more students struggle with the foundational skills needed to read effectively. Learning to read is challenging—it ...

Greenfield-Central teachers poured their hearts this month into transforming J.B. Stephens Elementary into a tropical ...

In our anxious, tech-filled world, fewer of us are reading for pleasure. Here’s how to get back in touch with the joy of books. Maybe you missed the news because you were enjoying the last lazy days ...

With school ending in May or June, students will no longer be required to read textbooks and other assigned sources. Unfortunately, too many students take a vacation from reading anything over the ...

Yes, I’m speaking to you – busy parents, hardworking students and those too drained by social media, the news cycles or family commitments to imagine doing much else. Do you remember when you opened a ...

When's the last time you settled down with a good book, just because you enjoyed it? A new survey shows reading as a pastime is becoming dramatically less popular in the US, which correlates with an ...

We are investigating the waning skills and diminishing interest in reading among youth, and one sure contributor is the devaluing of reading in American culture. As our society loses interest in ...

Falconer Central School’s two elementary school principals recently underwent physically demanding challenges to promote daily reading among their students. Holly Hannon, Temple Elementary School ...

Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the April 21 edition of the Norwood News. About halfway through his pivotal starring role as a life-sized, book-loving tiger at Norwood elementary school PS ...

SCHENECTADY — Reading Is Fun founder Al Magid’s fascination with books started before he could understand the words within them. His mother loved reading, but they didn’t have many books in the house ...

When market research firm Circana issued a report on the slump in the middle grade market in July, it was not so much a surprise as a continuation of disheartening news for the category, whose sales ...

Editor’s note: Commentary is solely the opinion of the writer and not the Daily Journal. With school ending in May or June, students will no longer be required to read textbooks and other assigned ...