Librarians recommend best books for March is Reading Month

From rock n' roll to aging disgracefully, there's hopefully something for everyone in these fiction and non-fiction recommendations.
Morningstar

Johns Hopkins Study: Ignite Reading Sparks Dramatic Increase in First-Grade Literacy, Highlighting Importance of Early Intervention to Learning to Read On Time

OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Ignite Reading, a Science of Reading-based early literacy intervention program that has provided more than 62 million minutes of personalized instruction ...
Education Week

The Case for Reading Tutoring Before 3rd Grade, Not After

Last September, Savannah-Chatham County public schools tried out an intensive new tutoring program to help struggling readers catch up before state reading tests at the end of 3rd grade. By winter, ...
deseret

Opinion: Retention isn’t the goal — literacy is

Retention. The word alone can make parents wince and educators bristle. The idea of a child being held back — separated from friends, labeled as “behind” — feels punitive and archaic. No one wants to ...
Nebraska Examiner

Nebraska proposes requiring kids to take state-mandated reading test to move on from third grade

LINCOLN — Nebraska is looking to require students to retake third grade if they fail a state-mandated reading test — with some exceptions. The proposal is from the Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, carried by ...