What can you do with an extra suitcase on an international flight? For the last 10 years, John Hickok has filled his with children’s books for schools and libraries in Vietnam and Cambodia. Hickok, ...

When Leigh Knapp became her school’s first full-time media specialist, she had a vision to change the library into a place where kids felt seen and encouraged, and could discover a joy of reading.

Students and parents came out for the International Newcomer Academy’s Back to School Drive on the campus in Fort Worth, Texas, on Aug. 14. The school not only provides an intense language and ...

Growing up, a lot of kids don't communicate in English, except at school. While it is perfectly fine to keep the medium of communication as per one's geography aka mother tongue, the English language ...

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