Reading

These days it seems like we get most of our information from computers and mobile devices. Are libraries becoming obsolete?This week on Florida Matters…

School wraps up in Pinellas County in just six more weeks, but educators hope students don't see that as a time to stop reading.According to the National…

The 23rd Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading will be held on Saturday, Oct. 24 at USF St. Petersburg.This week on Florida Matters (Tuesday, Oct. 13 at…

The 23rd Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading will be held on Saturday, Oct. 24 at USF St. Petersburg.This week on Florida Matters (Tuesday, Oct. 13 at…

The Barnes and Noble at Brandon Town Center hosted a read-a-thon of the Harper Lee classic "To Kill a Mockingbird," on Monday.The 12-hour reading event…

This spring, Florida students will take a brand new test tied to the state’s new math, reading and writing standards.This is the test that replaces the…

Miami Northwestern High School English teacher Daniel Dickey has found a way to make his tenth graders brag about their reading skills.Mischael Saint-Sume…

This story is part of a series from The Hechinger Report and StateImpact Florida looking at how Florida schools are getting ready for Common Core…

More than forty authors will appear at this Saturday's 21st Annual Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading. While some of them will come from around the…

A New York Times story published this week takes a look at why teachers have a tougher time improving reading performance than math performance.In part,…

Sara LaBarbera is teaching 6th graders at Walker Middle School near Tampa how to research poets using an online library.One student, working on a series…

You won't find much that President Obama and Mitt Romney agree on, but both parties' presidential candidates have praised former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's…