While at the library making copies one day in 2018, Gregory Hill looked up and saw a sign that read “Adult Literacy Center: Read, Learn Help.” At 65 years old, he thought his chances of fulfilling his ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

There were 12 people in the classroom of the former Wingra Clinic in the afternoon on Oct. 26. They were separated into six student-tutor pairs. Some pairs read simple passages, pronounced and spelled ...

Seven women spend two hours every Tuesday morning wrestling with the inconsistencies of the English language in a small classroom on the second floor of the new North Boulder Library. Instructor ...

CHICAGO – It’s a crisis hidden in plain sight, as about 20 percent of people in the United States cannot read at all and 50 percent of adults can’t read to pass an eighth-grade level. An organization ...

Mr C, a 72-year-old patient with type 2 diabetes, is brought to the emergency department comatose with a blood sugar of 29 mg/dL. When seen in his primary care provider’s office the previous day, his ...

Did you know 23.8 percent of the adult population in St. Lucie County functions at or below level one literacy, according to the National Center for Educational Statistics? Many people take reading ...