To read or not to read? That is the question that English teachers are asking when it comes to including the work of William Shakespeare in their classes While Shakespeare remains the most produced...

Seventy. That’s the percentage of fourth graders in Arizona who don’t read proficiently. If that isn’t alarming enough, a whopping 56 percent of third-graders failed the reading portion of...

The books are back in town. The Tucson Festival of Books returns to the University of Arizona campus Saturday and Sunday for the ninth year. Hannah Isaac, an AmeriCorps volunteer with the Festival...

Children in rural and poor communities face a shortage of preschools due to underfunding and lack of access. Yet research has shown that children who come from these communities benefit the most from...

 Nelly Valenzuela, wearing a white sports jacket and light blue jeans, walks into class smiling as she holds a tray of cinnamon rolls with the knife carefully placed on top to share with her fellow...