As literacy rates lag, a pediatric hospital is screening for reading ability

For some young children in Columbus, Ohio, reading assessments don’t start in the kindergarten classroom — they happen first in the doctor’s office.

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WFMZ-TV

Animal Rescue League of Berks County issues Code Red for Reading, as high temps expected next week

The Animal Rescue League of Berks County. CUMRU TOWNSHIP, Pa. - The Animal Rescue League of Berks County says it is issuing a Code Red for Reading due to a sustained heat index above 95 degrees. In a ...
New York Post

State Department identifies Code Pink and other far-left groups as vectors of Chinese influence operations

The State Department transmitted a report to Congress Tuesday linking lefty nonprofits Code Pink and the People’s Forum to Chinese influence operations. “Partisan hacks spent years peddling the phony ...
ZDNet

I tried a Claude Code rival that's local, open source, and completely free - how it went

Free AI tools Goose and Qwen3-coder may replace a pricey Claude Code plan. Setup is straightforward but requires a powerful local machine. Early tests show promise, though issues remain with accuracy ...
The Atlantic

Stop Meeting Students Where They Are

At some point over the past 15 years, kids stopped reading. Or at least their teachers stopped asking them to read the way they once did. We live in the age of the reel, the story, the sample, the ...
Reading Eagle

Code Blue for Reading animals to be kept indoors due to cold extended

The Animal Rescue League of Berks County extended its Code Blue for Reading animals until at least Feb. 4. The ARL assists with the enforcement for the Code Blue for Reading, said Alyssa Budock, ARL ...
The Hill

The US is headed for mass unemployment, and no one is prepared

For years, I opposed Universal Basic Income, firmly and reflexively. I treated it as a liberal fantasy — an invitation to idleness, a subsidy for stagnation, a sedative administered by a bloated state ...
GameSpot

Code Vein 2 Review - Second Bite

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Code Vein 2's greatest strength is the variety of options it gives you in creating your personal vampiric warrior. Will you drain the blood from your ...
standardmedia.co.ke

Alarm as millions of pupils lack basic reading and numeracy skills

Education stakeholders have raised concerns over deepening gaps in foundational learning in Kenyan schools, warning that millions of pupils are advancing through primary education without mastering ...
The Trentonian

Reading is essential to learning and Trenton is trying to build basic skills [L.A. PARKER COLUMN]

In a class of 24 Trenton third graders, the chances are that only three can read adequately. Four can do math on grade level. Julie O’Connor, an urban education writer for NJ Spotlight News, injected ...
IGN

Code Vein 2 Review

The idea of an anime-style soulslike releases plenty of good chemicals in my brain, but the first Code Vein back in 2019 turned out to be just okay in my book. Like a number of Bandai Namco's original ...