You’re reading Progress Report, Jessica Winter’s column on family and K-12 education. Mac Barnett is a best-selling author of children’s books, including a suite of droll, spare picture-book ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.

Kerri K. Greenidge appeared to lose her professorship at Tufts University after scholars began scrutinizing her 2022 book, “The Grimkes,” which is no longer listed on its publisher’s website. By Neil ...

Play a new set of challenges as you train through the dojo. Gain achievements and earn new karate belts. Struggling with grammar, punctuation or spelling? The Karate Cats are here to help! Chop a ...

Portland’s annual book blowout is leveling up. After selling out for the first time in 2025, the Portland Book Festival is stretching in 2026 from one jam-packed day into a full week of literary ...