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The University of Alabama’s new Project LIFT initiative will bring evidence-based reading interventions to 75 schools, focusing on young children whose literacy difficulties persist despite conventional instruction. Backed by a major federal grant, the five-year project will also test how rural schools can deliver and sustain intensive reading support.

Tuscaloosa, Alabama — The University of Alabama has received a $9.9 million federal grant to expand intensive literacy instruction for elementary … Read the rest

Summer reading usually arrives with good intentions and suspiciously laminated tracking sheets. Parents want children to keep their skills sharp. Librarians want families to walk through the door. Students want July to feel like July, not a stealth extension of school. Phoenix-area libraries seem to understand the assignment: make reading feel less like homework and more like a fossil hunt.

Across the Valley, the 2026 summer reading season has taken … Read the rest