literacy

Tom C. Gooch Elementary is one of the first four schools in Texas to receive a "Little Yellow Library" from the Kendra Scott Foundation.

Destiny Sparks is interested in reading about historical figures who look like her such as African American entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker.

As many as one-third of Dallas adults are barely literate. Each year, literacy groups only reach 1.5 percent of them. But now there's an award-winning…

More than 36 million adults nationwide lack basic English literacy. A team from Southern Methodist University and Literacy Instruction for Texas are…

A group of North Texas researchers has made the cut in an international competition to develop an easy-to-use smartphone app to improve adult literacy.The…

North Texas students with visual impairments improved their ability to read — and to enjoy books — this summer with the help of a pilot program in Tarrant…

Adults learning to read in Dallas will help test apps designed to reduce illiteracy.It’s part of a global competition to develop mobile applications aimed…

Experts say teaching a child how to read at a young age can make a big difference later in life. Last week, Tarrant County education groups held a forum…

In Fort Worth public schools, just three out of every 10 third graders are reading at grade level. That’s a problem the school district, city and business…

Dallas’ Jubilee Park Community Center, which was featured in last year’s KERA series ‘Inside A Neighborhood,’ runs an after school and summer program for…

A new initiative underway at Dallas’ Parkland Hospital is giving away free bilingual books to moms who’ve just given birth. The plan is to give away as…

The StoryCorps MobileBooth is in Dallas, and for the next few weeks, we’ll hear some of the stories being shared by North Texans. George Brister moved to…