Literacy

Bookshelves cover a wall. Above the shelves to the top left of the picture is a sign that says "teen reads."

Local News

NH offering free training on teaching kids to read, in hopes of improving childhood literacy

Sarah Gibson

The program is open to all adults working with kids, including parents, guardians and homeschool instructors.

Media

Vermont's literacy rates have fallen. How educators are helping kids

Mikaela Lefrak

A local educator and literacy organization discuss falling literacy rates in Vermont and how to help kids with reading.

Library media specialist Joyce Yoo Babbitt records a podcast episode with Naomi Amelee, a first grader at Reading Elementary.

Vermont Edition

Elementary students take the mic for a book review podcast

Connor Cyrus

Host Connor Cyrus talks with a school librarian from Woodstock about "1, 2, 3 Ready! Read! Review!," a weekly book review podcast for kids.

A man stands in his apartment near books

Local News

'Opening Up All Of That Experience': Putney School Alum Builds Library's Collection Of Books On Race

Howard Weiss-Tisman

The Putney School's library has a special collection of hundreds of books by black writers and about race, thanks to an endowment started by alumnus…

A white graduation cap with a blue and red tassel sits on a Diploma of Graduation.

Local News

42,000 Vermonters Lack High School Education, But Program Seeks To Help Adults Graduate

Mitch Wertlieb

About 30 percent of American adults with household incomes that are at or below the poverty level do not have high school diplomas. That sobering figure…

A national study commissioned by the Annie E. Casey Foundation found that children who aren't proficiency by third grade are four times less likely to graduate high school.

Programs

A Look At Early Childhood Literacy

Jane Lindholm

Literacy is typically thought of as the ability to read and write, but experts say it’s a much broader skill set, encompassing vocabulary, storytelling…