The New York-Based Conference Board reports that its consumer confidence index stands at 54.1, up from a revised 47.4 reading in July.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

This is the event! In fact I was reading in Vanity Fair and they quoted that Comic-Con is the new Sundance, it is the new Cannes Film Festival."

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

But some schools say a federal law that only measures progress in math and reading has hurt language teaching.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

Former president Bill Clinton said it was as if somehow school boards "could legislate differences in algebra or math or reading."

VOA: special.2010.07.22

Each year on that day the National Education Association calls for every child and every community in America to celebrate reading.

VOA: special.2010.05.02

It's unbelievable! Through reading this story, I feel that we should live strong no matter how much pain we are in.

VOA: special.2010.04.23

That was Frank McCourt reading the opening lines of his book "Angela's Ashes", released in nineteen ninety-six.

VOA: special.2009.12.27

This is Lena Reyna reading part of her winning poem, "The Weight of Words in Reverse."

VOA: special.2010.04.05

Getting less than that was linked to lower abilities in language, reading and early math skills.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

That name would go away. The current policy calls for every student to be ableto pass state tests in reading and math by two thousand fourteen.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

We've lit candles, we've turned off the lights, everyone is sitting in darkness except for the lights of their candles as the final reading is read.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

If you were reading a book in your warm bed on a cold winter's day,you might say you were snug as a bug in a rug.

VOA: special.2010.12.26

If you were reading a book in your warm bed on a cold winter's day, you might say you were snug as a bug in a rug.

VOA: special.2009.06.28

This law only requires testing of progress in math and reading.

VOA: special.2010.06.17