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Unlocking the Insights: 2024 Texas Reading Survey Highlights
In August and September 2024, BookSpring conducted its annual Texas Reading Survey to understand family reading habits, book ownership, and ...
Texas Ranks 50th in Family Reading: A Call to Action
Here at BookSpring, we're all about big dreams and even bigger hearts. But there's one statistic that hits close to ...
Digital Reading Update: B3 Book App Boosts Family Reading Time
We’re excited to share some fantastic news: our B3 Books app has shown an impressive increase in engagement, with families ...
Screen Time and Digital Books: Nurturing Reading in a Digital Era
In our digitally saturated world, children encounter screens at an unprecedented rate, engaging with videos, ads, and games during unsupervised ...
Addressing the Urgent Need for Reading and Literacy Supports in Texas
The state of Texas grapples with significant challenges in literacy and education, particularly among low-income, black, brown, and rural children ...
The Power of Home Libraries: Closing the Achievement Gap Through Book Gifting Programs
In March 2023, Scholastic released a groundbreaking white paper titled "Home Libraries," which highlights the transformative potential of home libraries ...
Print-to-Speech and Speech-to-Print: Mapping Early Literacy
By: Jeannine Herron, et al. In this overview, learn how early literacy benefits from both print-to-speech and speech-to-print instruction, creating ...
2022 Survey Shows Troubling Drop in Print Books at Home
Parents and educators alike need timely information about how reading today may be different than it was in the past ...
New Research Links Book Giveaway Programs to Early Childhood Literacy
By Jayme Carrico Studies have found a child’s access to books plays a significant role in early childhood literacy. One ...
Meaningful Touches from a Distance
by Dr. Emily Ball Cicchini, Executive Director I hope that you are facing this new year with a renewed sense ...
Exploring the 2019 Central Texas Reading Survey
BookSpring’s 2019 Central Texas Reading Survey offers insight into the state of reading in Central Texas and early literacy efforts ...
Summer Reading Enriches Future Academic Success
It is no mystery that summer break can result in an exponential loss of academic skills or the “summer slide.” ...
Reading is Complex: And That’s Good!
by Emily Ball Cicchini, Executive Director Reading isn't simple. I am noticing more discussion lately in education circles about reading ...
Highlights from 2018 The Central Texas Reading Survey
BookSpring’s Central Texas Reading Survey offers intriguing insights into the state of reading in Central Texas, and the implications for early literacy ...
20 Books at Home Significantly Impacts Success
by Christy Anderson The Number of Books at Home Impact a Child’s Educational Success It has long been asserted that ...
New Study on Book Gifting for Babies
By Emily Ball Cicchini, Executive Director The tradition of book gifting has been studied scientifically by researchers in education and ...
Targeting Summer Slide with New Program
By Joel Gross Photos by Tyler Schmitt / The Mill Photography BookSpring is excited to announce the launch of Summer Success, ...
Results of the 2017 Central Texas Reading Survey
Over Half of Austin Children Reading on Mobile Devices A wide body of research consistently shows that reading is one ...
New Reading Program Shows Promising Results
BookSpring has just completed preliminary evaluation of the pilot Read For Success program in Central Texas and the results are ...
You’ve Heard of STEM? Get Ready for SEL
By Lili Cantu At BookSpring, we have spent some of our summer getting some continuing education and preparing to offer ...
Troubling New Study on Reading Aloud
by Mateo Ibranji 54% of parents do not read aloud A new survey shows how far we have to go to ...
Reading to Young Children Makes Lasting Impact
by Christy Anderson It makes sense: the more a child reads, the better a child gets at reading. But studies ...