Houston Astros Celebrate NEA's Read Across America

NEA takes students out to the ball game to encourage reading fun as part of Read Across America.

Reading was the big game in Kissimmee, Florida, as baseball players of the Houston Astros welcomed more than 125 local elementary students to celebrate the National Education Association's Read Across America program.

This event follows on the footsteps of a successful weeklong "Cat-a-Van" tour through four Gulf Coast states that covered more than 2,700 miles, delivered approximately 14,000 books to school libraries, and visited more than 20,000 schoolchildren. Read more.

Read Across America Delivers Books To Gulf Coast

This year, millions of people will join Read Across America for a very special cause: to bring the gift of reading to students who have been affected by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma. Read Across America is teaming up with NEA's Books Across America—a newly launched program to provide books to public schools in need—to raise money and collect books to send to schools and students impacted by last summer's devastating hurricanes. Find out how you can get involved.

"Cat-a-Van" Reading Tours 2006 Reach Final Destination!

Three "Cat-a-Vans" that headed to the Gulf Coast states on reading tours reached their destination on March 2, Read Across America Day. Leaving on February 27th, they stopped at school libraries in Mobile, Alabama; Jackson, Mississippi; Houston, Texas, and other cities and states that were impacted by the hurricanes. The tours culminated in the New Orleans area on March 2nd. Michelle Williams, former vocalist of Destiny's Child, was a celebrity reader who matched NEA's $3,000 donation on the tour. Get up-to-date information and photos of the tours.

NFL Superstars Kickoff NEA's Read Across America in XL Super Bowl Read-Ins

With just a month until NEA's Read Across America Day, players with the Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions, Indianapolis Colts, Oakland Raiders, and the San Francisco 49ers delivered an important message to students in the Super Bowl XL host city: Kids who read—and are read to—do better in school and in life. Read more.