In classrooms across the country, children are showing progress in reading, yet many students cannot tell you what those words mean, why they matter or how the text connects to their lives. My first ...

Carlin is a contributor for TIME. With unfettered honesty, literature professor Emily C. Bloom details her difficult journey to becoming a mother in her late 30s, which included a chemical pregnancy, ...

Aleysha Ortiz spoke publicly last week for first time since The Connecticut Mirror's September story. During the public comment portion of a Hartford Board of Education meeting, she said, "I wish I ...

I hated my assigned reading in middle and high school. Hated All of it. I mean, I did it. I read every single book, story, or poem I was assigned throughout my many years of education, up until my ...