Literacy

Education experts discuss the link between writing and reading. Then Iowans share handwritten treasures that are special to them.

The Thing in the Snow, a novel by Sean Adams takes a twisted look at the challenges of working in isolation and living in an age of endless distraction. Sound familiar?

Des Moines-based author and advocate Abena Imhotep seeks to promote literacy and lifelong learning in her community by celebrating works by Black authors.

The majority of Afghan arrivals assessed so far in Cedar Rapids are considered emerging literacy learners. One organization is working to help increase literacy.

Over the long summer break, students can lose weeks of learning from the previous school year. But there are ways to keep kids engaged with reading and…

The Iowa Reading Research Center at the University of Iowa is initiating a new effort to reach older students who are struggling to read. It will begin…

Some third graders who can’t read at grade level would get help this summer under a pilot project the Branstad administration announced today. The project…

The Iowa Board of Education today agreed to ease up on a summer school mandate for students who don’t yet read at grade level.It’s part of a new state law…

On this segment of River to River, media political economist Robert McChesney has a bleak assessment of our new age of internet journalism."When our news…

Thanks to new legislation, a definition of dyslexia will now be included in the Iowa Code. The neurological condition, which often runs in families,…