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A national initiative to improve childhood literacy has now found its way to McKeesport, in Pennsylvania’s first permanent laundromat library. According…
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Calls for investment in digital infrastructure have increased across the country. More than one-third of people in rural areas lack access to high-speed…
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Dyslexia is a disability that hinders the brain’s ability to match sounds with letters. This affects reading, writing and spelling.On Wednesday evening, a…
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It’s a Friday afternoon and a group of high school students crowd around a computer screen, watching audio levels rise and fall. Behind the window of a…
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Next week, Nate Bashioum will make a long-awaited walk across a stage to receive his bachelor’s degree from Carlow University.Bashioum dropped out of high…
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A dozen captivated kids surrounded Akasha Lestat Van-Cartier, whose blue ball gown sparkled as she read: “I am thankful for my hair, because it makes me…
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Two part-time workers stood on either side of a T-shaped conveyer belt as 61-year-old Joe Spaniol moved down its twin trunks, trading full boxes with…
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A test that can flag struggling readers before they're old enough to read and the power of music to help a child hear language. A literacy two-fer from the NPR Ed Team.
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The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will seek the public’s input and share future plans at its annual community meeting Tuesday night.Library director Mary…