New data shows early‑grade reading remains below pre‑pandemic levels, with first‑ and second‑graders lagging as math rises.

Incoming first-graders offered advice to students starting first grade this year. Many students said they were nervous on their first day but made friends quickly. Reading, math and making friends ...

The Bettendorf Library Foundation’s Booker Bear reading program sponsored by Ascentra Credit Union was held on March 2 at the Bettendorf Public Library. Pleasant Valley Community School District first ...

In early literacy, the goal is simple but urgent: Help students become independent readers and writers. Every instructional decision we make either moves them closer to that goal or keeps them ...