A video showing Harvard students trying to pass a 1964 Louisiana Literacy test was released on Monday to bring awareness to barriers to voting in the past. The video was launched just prior to Tuesday ...

At a time when the United States has plummeted in the global rankings of education standards, one of the country’s largest states is poised to scrap a test designed to measure the reading and writing ...

Literacy stations promote collaboration, motivation, and provide targeted practice for a variety of needs and abilities in a fun and easy way. Everyday activities, like talking, singing, playing sound ...

Louisiana stopped requiring that prospective voters pass so-called literacy tests a half-century ago this summer, after the passage of the Voting Rights Act that banned the practice across the South.

The announcement for the new hub says the hub’s stated mission is to ensure every child has the opportunity to unlock the power of literacy. Why the focus on literacy—specifically,structured literacy?

North Carolina's constitution still includes outdated language from a literacy test used to disenfranchise Black voters. Rep. Terry Brown, D-Mecklenburg, is leading a bipartisan group of lawmakers ...

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