We must move away from a culture of fear and misunderstanding. We must not shy away from the discomfort of confronting ...

Black students' reading proficiency is lowest of any racial group, with education reforms and poverty, trauma, and absenteeism being major barriers.

In his new book, "Dangerous Learning," legal scholar Derek Black tells the story of the resistance to Black literacy in this ...

Its in response to the Waterloo Community School District withdrawing from the University of Northern Iowa’s African American read-in, which is a nearly 20 year tradition. Four Black children’s book ...

I Am Me is the children's book of empowerment for every little black girl who sees beauty in herself ... Meet Henley, an all-around good kid, who hates to read. When he's supposed to be reading, he ...

WATERLOO — A children’s reading event featuring Black authors showed the truth of the proverb “it takes a village to raise a child.” An African American Read-In Saturday featured three ...

Just 15 minutes of reading a day can expose a child to more than a million extra words each year—a simple habit that not only ...

Our Kids Read began as a way to get more books in the hands of children. The Black-led nonprofit is on a mission to close the ...