One of the challenges facing many working women is how to balance career, family and life responsibilities. Four-time Emmy winner and the anchor for Indianapolis' #1 news broadcast station, NBC affiliate - WTHR, Andrea Morehead is a role model for working women across the nation.

A former...

According to a PBS report, close to one million American children drop out of school every year. In light of the staggering rate and our current crisis, it is important parents are involved in their children's education early.

I sat down with Principal Jeremy Baugh to discuss...

It's 2013, and reading has never been more important. Our world has become a fast-paced blur of information. Everywhere we go, we are presented with an overload of data that needs immediate attention and a quick response. Life is not slowing down, and more and more people are being left...

A Conversation with Reading Rainbow's LeVar Burton

"Butterfly in the sky...I can go twice as high. Take a look, it's in a book! A Reading Rainbow."

Millions of children over three decades grew up singing along to these catchy lyrics. For more than 20 years, the PBS series Reading...

He turned a book for young readers into one of the biggest movies of the year. And now, in a reversal of roles, The Hunger Games director Gary Ross is an author himself.

The acclaimed screenwriter, director, and producer has just released his first children's...

She's a wife, a mother of four, a grandmother, a fitness enthusiast, and a first lady.

And she's also a passionate champion for literacy.

Cheri Daniels, wife of Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, is one of 48 U.S. governors' spouses who have signed on as "Reading...

The city of Chicago is facing an alarming rate of violence. According to the Chicago Tribune and police reports, 319 children within Chicago Public Schools were shot during the past year. With seven-year-old Heaven Sutton's death on June 27th, community leaders and families continue to struggle...

Our country is in the midst of an early literacy crisis. Studies have found that only 30% of children from low income communities enter kindergarten with the basic language skills necessary for literacy development, such as recognizing letters of the alphabet.

I was delighted when one of...

As the CEO of Reach Out and Read, I am always happy to talk to celebrities who support early childhood reading and can share helpful parenting tips.

Television actress and author Tia Mowry is a role model for parents across the nation. Millions watched her...

"You cannot live this life anymore without the ability to read." - Walter Dean Myers

He grew up in Harlem in the late 1930s, a foster child who taught himself to read by the age of 5 and started writing stories and poems shortly thereafter. Despite dropping out of high...

Since he took office in 1996, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) has been a tireless advocate for causes that reach far beyond his district and his home state.

Among his top passions is literacy. I am proud that Congressman McGovern is Reach Out and Read's strongest...

With an increasing number of students dropping out of school and budget cuts creating a decrease in educational opportunities and an increase in summer violence and hopelessness among youth, it's imperative to keep our children engaged over the summer.

Studies compiled by the National Summer...

With less than 50% children under 5 being read to daily and 32% of American children entering kindergarten without the ability to recognize letters of the alphabet, early literacy is not just a parental challenge but also a political issue.

Having dedicated my...

It was 1989. Pediatricians and early childhood educators developed Reach Out and Read at Boston Medical Center. The concept was simple: During well-child checkups, doctors would deliver books to children and critical messages about the importance of reading aloud to parents.

Fast forward 23 years.

The concept...

Parental engagement and a commitment to early literacy are two factors that can have a significant impact on the educational success of our children. Having been born into the foster care system (in which 70 percent of my peers ended up in the penal system) and later being...

Last year was not an easy one for our country, our citizens and our world.

Many of us in the nonprofit sector struggled to raise funds and engage donors in this tight economy. We were forced to make tough organizational cuts and prioritize among equally compelling needs.

Some of...

As an educator who's worked with children from birth through high school over my 20-year career, I'm deeply concerned about the recently adopted American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines for diagnosing children with ADHD. The new guidelines recommend that pediatricians start evaluating children for ADHD at age 4 and...

Henry Drummond once said, "You will find, as you look back on your life, that the moments that stand out are the moments when you have done things for others."

During this holiday season, as we give to family and friends, we must not forget children who are growing...

Since 2002, Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed has championed Reach Out and Read in the United States Senate, fighting for our funding and lobbying for our cause. Despite the challenges of a tight economy -- and competing priorities -- Reed has never lost sight of the...

While we often read heroic stories of men making major career changes with phenomenal results, we rarely read about the many dynamic women who chart a similar course.

Terra Smith, a graduate of Columbia Law School and a former lawyer at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, has spent...