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The timing of the Winter Reading Challenge plays a key role in student success. With schools closed from late December to early January, the challenge motivates students to focus on daily reading both while school is out and once they return.

Beanstack co-founder and edtech trailblazer Jordan Lloyd Bookey has devoted her career to the big-picture challenge of expanding families' access to education and reading. Her new podcast, The Reading Culture, turns a more intimate lens on children’s literature via deep-dive personal interviews with kidlit authors.

The best fundraisers bring your school community together—and that means ensuring that every student can contribute. Readathons offer the best of both worlds: allowing your school to prioritize literacy and raise critical funds without alienating lower-middle-income families. All students can read and participate in fundraising events, and all kids can be recognized equally for their efforts.

For Joy James Elementary School in Texas and Mitchell County Middle School in Georgia, improving reading outcomes after pandemic learning loss became an essential goal. Leaders at both schools recognized independent reading's crucial impact on students' reading comprehension and fluency.