Armada solamente con unos cuantos libros de texto y una lámpara de queroseno, Rosa Hernández Acosta alfabetizaba en la Cuba rural sin electricidad, agua corriente ni carreteras asfaltadas.

Armed with just some textbooks and a kerosene lantern, Rosa Hernández Acosta taught literacy in rural Cuba without electricity, running water, or paved roads.

The game of cooties lets children learn about the idea of contagion, but kid culture and wordplay aren't meant for adults.

Language can reveal power dynamics, as in the terms of address, or honorifics, are used to refer to a woman's social status: Mrs., Miss, and Ms.

The beloved and prolific children's literature author Avi was born on December 23, 1937.

The upsurge in audiobooks and podcasts illustrates our heightened interest in digital storytelling, but does listening really count as reading?

Does "speed reading" always decrease comprehension? 

Debates over English spelling reform have existed for centuries.