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Election 2024 Pennsylvania Latino Vote

Politics Jul 10

Latino voters in Pennsylvania embrace political sway in pivotal swing state

By Luis Andres Henao, Associated Press

Nation Sep 01

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Can a longer school year help students recover from pandemic learning loss?

More than three years ago, schools received the first installment in the biggest ever one-time infusion of federal money dedicated to education, about $190 billion to protect against COVID and reverse the academic setbacks that followed the pandemic. One district…

By Geoff Bennett, Layla Quran

Arts Jun 23

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Critics share their picks for this summer’s most anticipated reads

It's summertime and the reading is easy. At least, we hope you’ll all get the time to enjoy books during vacation and travel. Jeffrey Brown is here to help and speaks to two big-time readers who offer some guidance. It’s…

By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet

Education Jun 20

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District extends school year to help students catch up from pandemic learning loss

The school year is either already over or is wrapping up in most places around the country. As another year finishes, there are still real concerns about learning loss dating back to the pandemic and the ongoing struggles to catch…

By Laura Barrón-López, Dorothy Hastings

Education Aug 22

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Rapper Noname’s Brief But Spectacular take on community learning and solidarity

Noname is a rapper and founder of the Noname Book Club, which encourages readers to support local bookstores and books by authors of color. The club now has 14 chapters across the United States. Here's her Brief But Spectacular take…

By Melissa Williams, Elizabeth Burton

Feb 26

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Author Charles Yu on using satire to point out Asian American stereotypes

By Jeffrey Brown, Courtney Vinopal

The February pick for our ‘Now Read This’ book club was “Interior Chinatown," winner of the 2020 National Book Award. It’s a funny and biting satire of stereotypes of Asian Americans in popular culture. The book's author, Charles Yu, also…

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Dec 29

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Booksellers look back at the best titles of 2020

By Jeffrey Brown, Rhana Natour

In a year of isolation and pain, book sales are up as many turn to reading for a distraction, understanding and pleasure. Jeffrey Brown talks to two booksellers for our look at the year in books.

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Jul 02

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Drag Queen Story Hour offers a different kind of page-turner

By Julia Griffin

Children’s story hours are intended to instill a love of reading in young kids. But one reading program also seeks to spread messages about self-love, acceptance of others and appreciation of diversity: Drag Queen Story Hour, a national organization that…

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Apr 30

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What parents of dyslexic children are teaching schools about literacy

By Lisa Stark, Education Week

Fewer than 40 percent of fourth and eighth grade students nationwide are proficient readers. Now, led by parents of children with dyslexia, a learning disability that makes reading and spelling difficult, some states are trying to change how reading is…

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Mar 01

How a Jordanian scientist spreads the love of reading around the world

By Maea Lenei Buhre

To help kids in her neighborhood fall in love with reading, Rana Dajani sought to replicate her own experience. A decade later, her nonprofit has expanded to more than 40 countries globally.

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