For the past 30 years and with broad bipartisan support in Congress, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has funded competitive Ready to Learn (RTL) grants, authorized under the Elementary and ...

Experts explain how best to prepare very young children to read. Children who are reading on their own as early as age 2 or 3 are the outliers, literacy experts said. Recently, a friend gave me a hand ...

The Department of Education notified CPB Friday night that its 2020–25 Ready To Learn grant was terminated effective immediately, according to a CPB news release. CPB subsequently informed PBS and 44 ...

Whether with a cat in a hat, a fox in a box or the Lorax, young readers got a boost last week. thanks to a joint effort between the Dr. Seuss Foundation and San Diego Foundation to improve youth ...

The termination of the federal grant program, called Ready To Learn, resulted in a loss of $23 million that would have gone to educational programs. By Benjamin Mullin The White House effort to cut ...

A stack of used books for sale. (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) Whether with a cat in a hat, a fox in a box or the Lorax, young readers got a boost Wednesday thanks to a joint effort ...

Cari Miller, chancellor of Early Learning at the Florida Department of Education, administers school readiness programs that provides subsidized childcare for eligible families. Last summer, at the ...

PBS has furloughed some of its staff weeks after the Trump administration began a push to defund the public broadcaster. A PBS spokesperson said in a statement to USA TODAY that 25% of PBS Kids ...

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