Consumer Reports shares strategies for buying safe, age-appropriate toys for the holidays

The holidays are approaching quickly, and the excitement of gift-giving can sometimes overshadow safety and quality, ...

Sabrina Carpenter’s and Chapelle Roan’s sexy pop hits have roots in the bedroom ballads of Teddy Pendergrass and Philly soul

Growing up in Philadelphia in the 1990s, I listened to soul singer-turned-R&B sex symbol Teddy Pendergrass and other artists who defined the Sound of Philadelphia. Now, as a professor of ethnic ...

Gladden Farms Elementary boosts reading with small group strategy

Gladden Farms Elementary started teaching reading in small groups two years ago. The strategy is boosting scores and has not ...

The Illustrated Children’s Book I’ll Never Stop Recommending to Adults

James Marshall’s “George and Martha” books are witty and complex in their depictions of transformative friendship.

State cuts early literacy funding, but pediatricians persist

The state has eliminated funding for a program that stresses the importance of reading to young children in their pediatric ...
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Growing confidence, how elementary educators are helping kids shine

Elementary school is an important part of childhood development. In students’ formative years, when their brains are ...