literacy

Gov.  Asa Hutchinson announced on Sept. 6 that Diane Zook has been appointed to serve on the Southern Regional Education Board, and Lisa Hunter and Jeff Wood were appointed to serve on the State Board of Education. While the State…

The Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) Foundation announced Tuesday that it received a $225,000 grant from the Windgate Foundation. The grant will support the expansion of the library’s community outreach program, the hiring of two digital literacy coaches, and fund…

Research tells us that 61 percent of low-income families have no age-appropriate books in their homes. Middle-income homes have an average of 13 books per child.  On average, children in poverty have been exposed to only 25 hours of one-on-one…

Arkansas has made a strong commitment to making sure that children learn to read at an early age, and the federal government has recognized our efforts with a grant of $38 million to improve literacy. The money will be sent…

Reading helps children avoid the “summer slide,” when lazy days can make them forget what they’ve learned over the previous year. Researchers say that if they read just eight books over the summer, children are more likely to maintain their…

A few years ago, while working with Room to Read, a global literacy program with libraries and local language book publishers throughout Africa and Asia, I met an 11-year-old Sri Lankan student, Sajitha. I had been sent on assignment to Sri Lanka and…