Reading News

Ex-porn star under fire for reading to Compton kids

By theGrio

11:52 PM on 11/12/2011

COMPTON, Calif. (AP) - Some parents have filed complaints with the Parent-Teacher Association after a former adult film star said she read to children in a classroom at a Los Angeles County elementary school...
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Tips to keep your kids out of trouble this summer

By Angela Tuck

12:06 PM on 06/14/2011

OPINION - Summertime and the living is....not so easy if you have kids to keep active and entertained when school is out...
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Literacy program gets 4th graders excited to read

By theGrio

1:21 PM on 04/18/2011

VIDEO - Nationwide studies show that only 33 percent of 4th graders are proficient or better at reading. 22 percent of adults can barely read at all...
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Father sues school district over slavery reading

By theGrio

10:22 AM on 11/11/2010

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) - The suit claims that a teacher read excerpts from Julius Lester's "From Slave Ship to Freedom Road" that contain racial epithets and racist characterizations...
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Black kids can't read: What are you prepared to do about it?

By Hakim Hazim

9:49 AM on 11/11/2010

OPINION - We have to read the writing on the wall -- enough is enough. Unfortunately some can't read it...
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Stevie Wonder to UN: Ease copyrights for the blind

By theGrio

1:28 PM on 09/20/2010

GENEVA (AP) --The blind singer told the U.N.'s 184-nation World Intellectual Property Organization that more than 300 million people who "live in the dark" want to "read their way into light..."
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LeVar Burton returns to his roots on television

By Alex Presha

8:05 AM on 07/16/2010

VIDEO - Burton stopped by theGrio to discuss his latest role, his acting legacy and what he plans to do next...
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Supporting African-American bookstores

By Talia Whyte

8:35 AM on 07/06/2009

It's summer, and now is the time when Americans want to catch up on their favorite authors on the beach. It has become more common these days for people to purchase their books online, at chain bookstores or, if you are really "with it," download ebooks into the Kindle. However,...
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