500 Words, which has been running since 2011, challenges children in two age categories (five to seven and eight to 11) to write a story they would enjoy reading in 500 words or less, 50 finalists are ...

JAVIER MENDEZ SITS in a restaurant across from the gym he built into an international mixed martial arts powerhouse, speaking about his early days in San Jose. The really early days, when he relocated ...

The Reading Buddies program matches tutors with school-age children in Abbotsford from October to May. Big Buddies generally ...

A team of five swimmers is taking on the English Channel to raise money for charities that helped two of their children. The ...

Pondiscio: Scrubbing biblical references might seem to boost inclusivity, but it could well make it harder for students to ...

Prime Video's Mr. & Ms. Smith cast Donald Glover and Maya Erskine in a story about strangers turned married spies. The eight-episode series reimagines the 2005 action film starring Brad Pitt and ...

In many English classrooms across America, assignments to read full-length novels are becoming less common. Some teachers ...

When it feels like the world is spinning out of control, Jewish communities ground themselves in the consolations and demands ...

Twelve children's publishing professionals—many from small but mighty independent houses—discussed how they are pushing to ...

To preemptively celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month 2024, PSE and the KCLS, in partnership with the Renton Parks and Recreation ...

Katherine Rundell said children can handle hefty themes, but finds it “bad manners to offer a child a story and give them ...