Senator Tom O’Mara is calling on Southern Tier and Finger Lakes families to make reading a top summer priority, warning that ...

The risk is also widespread. Only about 30% of 4th graders across the state are currently proficient in reading, according to Potts. So, when using that statistic, about 70% of all Michigan ...

We believe summer reading is fun for all ages — but it is also vitally important. Data shows summer reading can help prevent “summer slide,” the loss of knowledge and skills many students ...

In 1996, a team of researchers, professors and graduate students out of the University of Missouri-Columbia conducted a study that changed the nation’s views on summer reading. The team’s ...

Reading Buddies was put on hold from 2020 to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When it returned in the summer of 2023, Burns said, there was a greater need.

The Coralville Public Library is helping combat the “summer slide” with its summer reading program by encouraging children to read books even when school isn’t in session.

Level up your reading game, and let’s try and get a million minutes together as a community,” said Gravel, who is manager of adult and youth information services at Springfield City Library.

With still weeks before the new school year starts, students of Leyden High School District 212 have time to continue the district’s summer reading program “Through summer reading, students ...

Michigan's third graders ― at a time when stakes are high to master reading ― slid in those scores on the state M-STEP test compared with 2023.

“Everyone thinks, 'oh, summer break, it's time to take a rest,'” Potts said. “But really, summer is not the time to make that happen. Really we have to continue those habits of reading daily.” ...