It's a way for you to explore, make intellectual connections and experience the vibrant community you are joining. We want the Common Reading to resonate throughout your first year and beyond. During ...

The Iowa Department of Education will hand out 100,000 book packs — 1 million books in all — to first grade students this ...

Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Education have announced an investment of over $ 3.5 million to provide first ...

The Reading Recovery curriculum has been criticized by researchers and studies, resulting in a ban from other states but not ...

“First grade is typically the year where students build on and consolidate cognitive skills,” Sara Leman, a literacy specialist at Reading Eggs, an online reading program, wrote in an emai ...

Multiple states have banned a method used to teach children to read for decades, but it’s still allowed in Georgia.

First graders opened up their first decodable book packs they’ll get to take home to reinforce classroom learning. It’s something all first graders in Iowa will be doing as part of a state-wide effort ...

First grade students in public and accredited private ... students who attended a "department-funded high-quality summer reading program or a Learning Beyond the Bell out-of-school program ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Education announced Monday a statewide investment of over $3.5 million to ...

Experts say that most children learn to read by age 6 or 7, meaning first or second grade, and that some learn much earlier. However, a head start on reading doesn’t guarantee a child will stay ...

Iowa is usingmore than $3.5 million in American Rescue Plan dollars to provide every first-grade student in the state with ...