Religious readings belong in Sunday school, not in public schools,” said one parent opposed to the proposal. Less than six ...

Train your mind for extraordinary performance and the best possible life was an obscure, self-published paperback by Jim Murphy, a former minor league baseball player turned mental coach who spent ...

A 2023 state law required the TEA to create a list of reading materials for the board to consider, with schools required to ...

Debates over what constitutes the American literary canon—and whether Bible excerpts should be a part of it—erupted on ...

DALLAS — Members of the State Board of Education walked into Wednesday’s meeting with one proposed required reading list for ...

The State Board of Education is adopting a new mandatory reading list for all K-12 students. An early proposal includes 10 ...

Faced with a proposed list of almost 300 readings for K-12 students, the State Board of Education delayed a vote until its meetings in April.

Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.

The 1850 discovery of King Ashurbanipal's vast library of cuneiform tablets at Nineveh illuminated fascinating records and complex links with neighbors.

This year’s 2026 Preview consists of all the entertainment — from TV to movies to classical music — that Vulture writers and editors are excited to consume in the new year. Below, our books list.

Marci Pelzer knew her father, Dan, was an omnivorous reader. She had watched him devour books since she was a little girl. But Marci didn't know about his list until 2006, when Dan was 73. She ...