THE school break is upon us once more. It is the time of year when everyone is in a festive mood as we welcome the new year. Don’t let the school holidays be a time to push children and load them with ...

Interested in teaching the younger generation about those things called "books"? Have little (or not-so-little) ones who are ready to broaden their reading horizons? Below you can find tried-and-true ...

Massachusetts Democrats are leading a pushback against what they call "politically motivated book bans" with a bill that would set new rules for challenging books in school and public libraries. The ...

When people picture a school library, they still imagine rows of dusty books and students whispering behind tall shelves. But that image of silence couldn’t be further from reality. The modern library ...

It was another incredible year in reading. Here are our favorite 20 books—including memoirs, buzzy literary fiction, and captivating histories—of 2025. Susan Choi’s engrossing new novel begins with a ...

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The New Deal, George Selgin suggests, did not work the way most historians claim. This economist’s eye-opening analysis shows that the increased government centralization of the 1930s rarely resulted ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A Kansas school is shelving Chromebooks for pencil and paper. On Tuesday, McPherson Middle School announced in a letter to families that students will be turning in their ...

About 400 books were removed from Florida public schools in the 2024-25 school year, according to the state's Department of Education. The number of removed books reported by the state is down from ...

Next July, the United States will mark the 250th anniversary of its founding, a milestone set to be celebrated across the country. American history will serve as the centerpiece of many of these ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. As part of the Gaza peace efforts, many governments are pressing hard for the ...