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Recent research published in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology found that when 5-year-old prereaders practiced ...

The Space for Teachers program selected Mahomet-Seymour Junior High's Jennifer Smith as one of 12 educators from across the ...

As educators and families search for ways to improve early literacy outcomes, the Scott County Library System is expanding a ...

On "Stranger Things," close friends are everything. Do you have people who would help you save the world (or play D&D with)?

Ahead of today’s Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing on youth screen time, 17 national education technology, library and nonprofit organizations sent a joint letter to ...

But doctors say they are sowing doubt -- the vaccines have been extensively studied and proven to be safe and effective at ...

When twins Peter and Paul Reynolds got the call from Loyola Press asking for their help writing a storybook with the late ...

A senior at Valle Verde Early College High School has been recognized for her volunteer work. 17-year-old Eveny Covarrubias ...

Great Neck's Cynthia Zhang and Massapequa's Gia Providente earned the 2025 Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes.

Parents are used to getting the dreaded "lice letter" and clearing their calendars, not just their kids' scalps. So when a ...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta sent a cease and desist letter to xAI ordering the Elon Musk company to stop creating ...