/tags/reading Reading en-US Copyright Fri, 13 Sep 2024 17:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2024-09-13/dyslexia-reading-brain-literacy-language Up to 20% of the population experiences symptoms of dyslexia, a lifelong neurological disorder that makes it difficult to read fluently. Examining why dyslexia happens — and how we intervene — has ripple effects for all literacy learners. Fri, 13 Sep 2024 17:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2024-09-13/dyslexia-reading-brain-literacy-language Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao, Amanda Magnus /news/2024-01-16/wake-county-bond-94-million-library-rolesville Wake County commissioners might put a $94 million library bond to voters that would add a branch in Rolesville and make infrastructure renovations system wide. Tue, 16 Jan 2024 13:51:06 GMT /news/2024-01-16/wake-county-bond-94-million-library-rolesville Jason deBruyn /education/2023-08-03/state-superintendent-truitt-celebrates-reading-gains-score-among-nc-elementary-students "Overall, it's incredibly good news for all students in our state," said State Superintendent Catherine Truitt. Thu, 03 Aug 2023 17:24:12 GMT /education/2023-08-03/state-superintendent-truitt-celebrates-reading-gains-score-among-nc-elementary-students Liz Schlemmer /education/2022-11-23/for-one-nc-county-the-reading-gap-between-high-and-low-income-students-narrowed-during-covid A study from NC State researchers showed in one large school district, low-income students — who tended to attend class in person instead of online — "caught up" with their higher-income classmates. Wed, 23 Nov 2022 23:36:42 GMT /education/2022-11-23/for-one-nc-county-the-reading-gap-between-high-and-low-income-students-narrowed-during-covid Liz Schlemmer /education/2022-01-31/nc-education-corps-tutors-are-tackling-learning-recovery-and-building-the-teacher-pipeline Two of the big buzzwords in education lately are "learning loss" and "teacher shortages." Since the pandemic began, the General Assembly has invested resources into a new nonprofit that could help address both those issues. Mon, 31 Jan 2022 11:00:00 GMT /education/2022-01-31/nc-education-corps-tutors-are-tackling-learning-recovery-and-building-the-teacher-pipeline Liz Schlemmer /education/2021-10-08/north-carolina-third-graders-struggling-to-meet-reading-goals Far fewer North Carolina third-graders in public schools have demonstrated reading proficiency, compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic, a troubling finding that state educators said needs to be urgently addressed. Fri, 08 Oct 2021 21:23:48 GMT /education/2021-10-08/north-carolina-third-graders-struggling-to-meet-reading-goals Associated Press /education/2021-01-19/north-carolina-will-expand-early-literacy-program-to-more-doctors-offices The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has announced it's expanding a successful early literacy program to all North Carolina… Tue, 19 Jan 2021 13:38:40 GMT /education/2021-01-19/north-carolina-will-expand-early-literacy-program-to-more-doctors-offices Liz Schlemmer /arts-culture/2020-04-29/writing-as-rescue-reading-as-escape-writers-on-creativity-in-quarantine “Writers write.” “Publish or perish.” Even without a global pandemic, writers face constant pressure to produce new material. But for the first-time… Wed, 29 Apr 2020 16:46:01 GMT /arts-culture/2020-04-29/writing-as-rescue-reading-as-escape-writers-on-creativity-in-quarantine Stacia Brown, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2020-04-29/writing-as-rescue-reading-as-escape-writers-on-creativity-in-quarantine “Writers write.” “Publish or perish.” Even without a global pandemic, writers face constant pressure to produce new material. But for the first-time… Wed, 29 Apr 2020 16:46:01 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-04-29/writing-as-rescue-reading-as-escape-writers-on-creativity-in-quarantine Stacia Brown, Frank Stasio /education/2019-12-16/superintendent-70k-students-promoted-despite-reading-skills North Carolina's superintendent of public instruction is alleging that more than 70,000 third-grade students have been wrongly promoted since 2014 even… Mon, 16 Dec 2019 17:52:23 GMT /education/2019-12-16/superintendent-70k-students-promoted-despite-reading-skills Associated Press