The picture I saw on Facebook looked so disturbing and shocking I initially doubted it was real. Was there really a classroom, anywhere, no less in Indian River County, where book spines faced the ...

Curating a classroom library today can be a literal challenge. Case in point: the growing number of states that are not only banning, restricting, and reviewing titles in their public and school ...

An Oklahoma teacher says she has resigned from her position as an English teacher with Norman Public Schools following controversy over the display of, and student access to, more than 500 books in ...

With a new school year upon us, classrooms are most successful when they offer students easy access to high quality, diverse books. However, according to a new survey of educators in low-income ...

Focused on creating more book-filled classrooms across the country—particularly in underserved communities—Washington, D.C.–based nonprofit First Book, along with education researcher Susan Neuman, ...

What is the most important thing you do to help your students become strong readers? Teach phonics? Do guided reading every day? Make read-aloud time with the whole class a magical space filled with ...