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The free 10-week intervention program helped 52 students — nearly all of whom were reading below their grade level — advance at least one grade level during the initiative’s three months, according to a new report released Oct. 29. Parent Shield sees the program as a solution for Fort Worth’s low reading rates, but the biggest hurdle is the cost, the organization’s leaders said.

The Interabang Books co-owner got the idea for an inmate-judged literary prize from France

The library at M.H. Moore Elementary in Fort Worth ISD was anything but quiet after lunch on a recent Monday.

Fort Worth resident Maria Gonzalez knew her daughter’s grades were off.Gonzalez’s 8-year-old daughter, Citlalic, got perfect scores at school. Her teacher said she was doing great.

Sip some coffee, eat some pastries, read books and build community at this new gathering of bookish North Texans.

In “Do Hard Things,” Steve Magness hopes to redefine and expand what toughness and resilience mean – and how these ideas transfer to everyday life – and offers four pillars to achieve them.

Some kids in Fort Worth are getting a little bonus with their haircuts -- a chance to read with their barbers. It's part of a new effort by the city's…

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…