Inside was a diary from 1983, from when she was in the seventh grade. The word “Secrets” was printed on the cover. What she found inside went far beyond nostalgia. As Milwit read through the old ...

A mom found her 1983 diary while moving — and one entry about a forgotten birthday gave her chills decades later.

PS 44 launches unique literacy program where children practice reading skills while helping calm shelter dogs through a phone ...

After 35 years as a preschool teacher, Carrie Dawn knows that young children love stories – especially when they are read aloud. Over the decades, she has watched hundreds of little ones widen ...

In 2024, 51% of families read aloud to their very young children, while 37% read aloud to their kids between the ages of 6 and 8 years old.

The school plans to continue celebrating the literacy-focused day as it inspires students to pick up a book and read.

What’s Going On is a listing of activities taking place throughout the Downriver community. To submit an event, send an email to downriverlife@thenewsherald.com. List the time, date, location, cost ...

Teen Hangout: Come to the library to hang out with friends, eat snacks, do arts and crafts, and play video games every second Tuesday of the month through April. This program is for grades 6-12, ages ...

India's learning crisis stems from pedagogical failures, not student shortcomings, and can be addressed through systemic ...

Since pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses began waning, culture warriors have been casting about for a new controversy in elite higher education. Last October, Harvard handed them one. Amanda ...

Gen Z students are arriving at college with such feeble reading skills that some are incapable of even comprehending full sentences — forcing professors to start reading to them aloud in class, ...

It’s been exactly one year since Donald Trump returned to the nation’s highest office. To mark the occasion, the president secured quality time in front of some of America’s top journalists Tuesday to ...