Since 2021, there have been nearly 23,000 bans on individual books in libraries and. Many of these bans remove Black and ...

Picture books are not usually the stuff of Supreme Court rulings. But on Friday, a majority of justices ruled that parents have a right to opt their children out of lessons that offend their religious ...

You’re reading Progress Report, Jessica Winter’s column on family and K-12 education. Mac Barnett is a best-selling author of children’s books, including a suite of droll, spare picture-book ...

I write as one of West Virginia’s lost children: a child of poverty from North Central West Virginia who left my home among the hills to become a doctoral pediatric psychologist and graduate faculty ...

Changes — and subsequent confusion and concern — largely defined the early childhood education sector in 2025. Multiple social programs including Head Start and hunger assistance programs were in flux ...

There is a disjunction at the heart of children’s literature. It is that the placing of words and brushstrokes, the arranging of every publishing deal and the selling and buying of every book, is ...

“Miracle Children” details how a Louisiana school exploited the demand for stories of Black trauma. By Kevin Carey Kevin Carey directs the education policy program at New America, a nonpartisan think ...

From an early age, children are diving into the vibrant world of digital media, sparking a critical conversation about its impact on literacy. While the undeniable advantages of print books can enrich ...

Story time – at home, at nursery and at school – is where young children encounter the magic of books. Reading stories to young children is a pleasurable activity in itself, but it also lays the ...