First- and second-place winners will advance to the state competition which will take place in Manteca next spring.
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Sometimes school staff assume it is too difficult to improve an older student’s reading skills. They may think a student’s ...
It’s well established that children have an easier time learning second languages. In recent years, scientists have studied ...
The library in Caldwell, Texas, runs adult ed classes with a small budget. It could be a model for more communities in the ...
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Column: Pronunciation and spelling are still important

Once upon a time, I was asked at the place where I work part time to create a pronunciation guide to some common words.
Neuroscience columnist Helen Thomson on how she discovered a host of evidence-based ways to keep her brain healthier in 2026 ...
La Cuisine est un Jeu D’enfants. A mid-century French cookbook for children. Out of print but easy to track down. The worn ...
A lot of things I learned from watching YouTube videos. Even though some of the videos seem really slow; with all the filler people tend to include, it often takes ten minutes to get five minutes ...
In early December 2025, a story about a night janitor, Stanley Okoye, and his "secret tutoring program" helping children ...