Literacy

At 10, Sidney Keys III founded Books N Bros, a book club and subscription service for young Black boys. Now 17 years old, Keys is an author. Key’s caught us up on how business has been lately and what he has in store next.

Education leaders want Missouri teachers to lean into research-backed literacy instruction methods, known as the science of reading.

Produced in St. Louis, “Drawn In” aims to raise literacy outcomes for Black and brown students.

Change and Action for Racial Equity and the St. Louis Association of Community Organizations are placing 10 free little libraries in seven north St. Louis neighborhoods to boost access to books north of Delmar Boulevard.

Turn the Page STL is teaming up with libraries, institutions and recreational centers to provide access to books, virtual learning, games and other activities to keep children in high-poverty areas reading during the summer.

Sixth grader Andre Turner leaned up against a wall-size mural of the new reading center at Confluence Academy-Old North.His head rested on the “B,” about…

Ganga Mongar’s pencil is covered in hearts and a pink eraser cap. She taps it on the table as she reels off the names of the Supreme Court justices. She’s…

Tomorrow, the first-ever St. Louis city and county-wide literacy initiative launches. The program is a collaboration between Ready Readers and the St.…

Second-graders at a predominantly low-income north St. Louis County school district went home with new books Thursday as part of a national reading…

A St. Louis County Library program that gives books to newborns to boost early childhood literacy is doubling in size this year.The "Born to Read"…