Selections from the reading list include Lupita Nyong’o’s ‘Sulwe’ and Tomi Adeyemi’s ‘Children of Blood and Bone.’

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The temporary school bookstores stuffed with metal shelves full of paperbacks and sticker books often felt like a kid's only chance to score a deal on 'Encyclopedia Brown' mysteries.
Books range from the classic (James Baldwin’s ‘Giovanni’s Room’) to the contemporary (Adam Silvera’s ‘They Both Die at the End’).
With classrooms and public libraries closed, Virginia's Montgomery County school district has partnered with Google's drone company Wing to deliver books to kids.
Kids can learn about archaeology, marine biology, and other “-ologies” through games, interactive lessons, and more.
The podcast, created by a New Jersey educator, presents topics in an upbeat, Mr. Rogers-inspired manner.
From helpful keyboard shortcuts to adding handwritten signatures, these tips will make you a Google Doc wizard.
The selection includes some of Ken Burns’s best documentaries, from ‘The Civil War’ to ‘The Roosevelts.’
Elmo and the rest of the ‘Sesame Street’ characters help teach kids how to wash their hands and how to feel better about being stuck at home.
From spinning eggs to DIY slime, these at-home science experiments help you stay busy and learn a few things, too.
Columbia University, Manhattan's Ivy League institution, boasts Alexander Hamilton, Barack Obama, and even Alicia Keys (sort of) among its former students.
If similar programs are any indication, Maya High School could see a significant leap in attendance and participation.
Harvard University’s acceptance rate may have been higher in 1869, but that doesn’t mean getting in was easy.
Students volunteer their time in exchange for deeply discounted rent and the chance to live in a mansion.
Noiseless, trigger-less jazz hands are the British Sign Language’s official expression for applause.
Still chasing the high of the Scholastic Book Fair? This one promises snap bracelets, spin art, books, and more—for adults.
Instead of using reading as a way to earn prizes, this vending machine teaches that reading is the prize.
Your smartphone is the window to all the knowledge in the world—and these apps will help you unlock it.
This back-to-school season, finding clothes to wear will be less stressful for underserved students at William Fleming High School in Roanoke County, Virginia.
The top school on this list has an acceptance rate of just 5 percent, but another school accepts just 2 percent of those who apply.
The new learning app matches a word with four pictures that demonstrate its meaning in different ways.
Every year, restaurants send 150 million crayons to landfills. Crayon Collection is reducing that number by salvaging gently used crayons and donating them to under-funded schools.
The college decision process is always tough, but Niche's annual rankings help make it easier for prospective students (and their parents).
Discover the real reason why students get summers off each year, which contrary to popular belief, wasn’t because kids had to work on the family farm.