Kate Beckinsale kicks off National Reading Month
By Jennifer Gerardo, CNN (CNN) Actress Kate Beckinsale kicked off this National Reading Month by promoting the importance of reading through “The Nestlé Joy of Reading Program”. CNN’s J.D. Cargill sat...
View ArticleReading, across the aisle: Democrats and Republicans work to get kids reading
By Brianna Keilar, CNN White House Correspondent Washington, D.C (CNN) - Schools face a staggering literacy problem here in the nation's capital and lawmakers and congressional staffers from both sides...
View ArticleEncyclopedia Britannica to stop printing books
By Julianne Pepitone, CNNMoney NEW YORK (CNNMoney) - After 244 years, Encyclopedia Britannica will cease production of its iconic multi-volume book sets. Britannica usually prints a new set of the...
View Article'The Hunger Games' ignites the ALA's list of most challenged books
By Stephan Lee, EW.com (EW.com) - "The Hunger Games" movie may not have had trouble earning a PG-13 rating, but many parents and educators are wondering whether the best-selling book trilogy belongs on...
View ArticleMaurice Sendak, author of 'Where the Wild Things Are,' dead at 83
Maurice Sendak, author of the classic children's book "Where the Wild Things Are," died from complications after a stroke on Tuesday, said Erin Crum, a spokeswoman for HarperCollins Publishers. Sendak...
View ArticleSweet 'spell' of success
By Carl Azuz, CNN (CNN) It’s not always easy to watch: young people given increasingly difficult words to spell, standing uncomfortably under lights and cameras, their faces strained or frozen under...
View ArticleCan lawsuit, charter takeover save Highland Park, Michigan, schools?
By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Highland Park, Michigan (CNN) – A few weeks before school began here, parents filed into the high school cafeteria to meet the people just hired to revamp one of the state's...
View ArticleFlorida students score big in reading
Florida 4th graders rank #2 in a worldwide reading test. Florida Education Commissioner Pam Stewart shares the success story.
View ArticleNewbery, Caldecott awards announced, coming to library waitlists near you
By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) – The latest round of books you'll be seeing in your kid's backpack and waiting for at the library was announced Monday. That is, the American Library Association named...
View ArticleMy View: The can't-miss experience for a college senior
By Elizabeth Landau, CNN Editor's note: Elizabeth Landau is a writer and producer for CNN.com. She is a 2006 graduate of Princeton University. (CNN) - When I told my mother that my senior thesis...
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