Youngstown library focuses learning for whole family as first of its kind

The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County is reimagining what a neighborhood library can be, especially for ...

Omaha Public Library launches annual Reading Challenge with kickoff party

THE OMAHA PUBLIC LIBRARY’S READING CHALLENGE KICKOFF PARTY IS COMING UP. AND HERE TO TELL US ABOUT IT IS COURTNEY KOPETZ WITH ...
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73% of MPS fourth graders can't read at a basic level. What will it take to fix that?

Literacy rates have been falling in Milwaukee for over a decade. But there are new leaders, new money and new efforts to fix ...
The Conversation

England’s synthetic phonics approach is not working for children who struggle to read

Dominic Wyse currently receives funding from the Helen Hamlyn Trust and The Welsh Government. Since 2012, England has taken an increasingly narrow approach to how primary school teachers should teach ...
East Valley Tribune

Mesa’s first new library in 30 years opens

in three decades that also provides unique, innovative spaces to serve various facets of the community. A grand opening was to held Saturday, Dec. 6, for the 28,000-square-foot facility, which sits on ...
The New York Times

Do Audiobooks Count as Reading?

Mr. Bannon is the chief librarian at the New York Public Library, where he is also director of branch libraries and education. Nov. 23, 2025 As a librarian, I get a lot of questions. One I am hearing ...
The New Yorker

A Battle with My Blood

When you are dying, at least in my limited experience, you start remembering everything. Images come in flashes—people and places and stray conversations—and refuse to stop. I see my best friend from ...
Curbed

A First Look at a New Public Library Complex in the Bronx

Renderings for the new Grand Concourse Library in the Bronx. Photo: Secchi Smith Renderings for the new Grand Concourse Library in the Bronx. Photo: Secchi Smith The 65-year-old Grand Concourse ...
The Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn Public Library, Reading Institute launch borough-wide ‘Science of Reading’ initiative

The Reading Institute and Brooklyn Public Library are teaming up on a new literacy initiative aimed at strengthening early reading skills across the borough. Back by over $300,000 in grant funding ...
The Repository

Hillary Clinton named honorary chairwoman of First Ladies Library national advisory board

Former first lady and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will serve as honorary chairwoman of a new national advisory board of the National First Ladies Library & Museum in Canton. The advisory ...
The 74

How a Phonics Program Helped My Students Catch Up After a Hurricane Shut School

Education news and commentary, delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 newsletter. Educators and administrators do everything possible to prepare for the unexpected. From strengthening ...
WUFT

Friends of the Library book sale opening day draws hundreds in era of low leisurely reading

Customers waited in a line that stretched for more than a block on the opening day of the fall Friends of the Library book sale on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. “It’s quite overwhelming whenever you think ...