No More Excuses, Minnesota. Let’s Teach Kids to Read.
While Minnesota continues to struggle with stagnant reading scores and persistent achievement gaps, Mississippi has implemented bold, research-driven reforms that are getting real results for kids. This site explains how
Monticello Times 06.26.25 – Ambulance turns into Magic Book Bus as Rally to Read hits streets
MONTICELLO — There’s a new vehicle making its way through the city this summer, playing music as it slowly cruises through neighborhoods, tempting kids out of their homes as a
Monticello Times 01.09.25 A community rally around literacy
Language skill development doesn’t begin in a classroom, nor is it confined to one. Actually, it begins before birth. Long before students show up for preschool or kindergarten, their brain
The Atlantic 10.1.2024 “The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books”
*Photo credit The Atlantic/Illustration by Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva THE ELITE COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO CAN’T READ BOOKS By Rose Horowitch Nicholas Dames has taught Literature Humanities, Columbia University’s required great-books course, since 1998. He
Harper Collins Publishers 04.30.25 “New research reveals that parents are losing the love of reading aloud”
New research reveals that parents are losing the love of reading aloud, with fewer than half saying reading to children is “fun for me” and Gen Z parents thinking of
Ruthlessly Hopeful. 05.14.2025 “Wired to Read”
The trajectory of success in life is exponentially higher for a child who is “wired” to read by age three and reads proficiently by 3rd grade than for those children