Topic: Literacy

Next fall, a new law will mandate personal finance education in all PA high schools. Whether Philadelphia schools will be ready is up to us

More than half of adult Philadelphians struggle to read. A year-old literacy coalition is calling for a statewide commitment to a teaching method that has worked in Mississippi and elsewhere

Read by 4th responds to The Citizen’s critique of the city’s efforts to get kids reading

In 2025, adults need to know more than just reading and writing. The CEO of Philadelphia’s largest adult education nonprofit argues for a new definition of literate

Hurricane Katrina pushed New Orleans to completely upend how it educates its children. Twenty years later its success is off the charts. Finally, folks are talking about it.

Only 17 percent of fourth graders read at grade level in Philadelphia. A Fairhill parent literary assistant program is slowly improving that — and providing a much-needed community resource

The PA House has voted to reinstate the teaching of old-fashioned penmanship in public schools. In the age of AI, is this the answer to our literacy crisis?

Only 17 percent of Philadelphia fourth graders read at grade level. Let’s tell Harrisburg to pass bipartisan bills that invest in our kids and our future, says a PA literacy leader

The storyteller sings, dances, puppets and laughs with books to help children get excited about — and learn — reading

What Percival Everett’s National Book Award-winning James tells us about the crisis of literacy in Philadelphia.