Literacy is one of the most important skills for children to learn, but many are falling behind. A 2023 study found that ...
The reading-test scores of 4th graders have risen. But, somehow, that improvement has not resulted in higher reading scores for grade 8 and beyond. What’s the explanation? Why don’t later advances in ...
Research in education rarely draws on the substantial body of scientific evidence on how learning works. That’s a problem for teachers, students—and the rest of us. Researchers and academics focus on ...
The “science of reading” movement has shifted early reading practices across the country, with more than 40 states mandating that schools explicitly teach beginning readers how to decode words. So why ...
Teaching reading has always been a subject of debate, a debate that involves a balancing act of multiple factors. Currently, the “reading wars” are best embodied by debates that are centered on the ...
As the pandemic drove a sudden, massive and necessary shift to online education last year, students were forced to access much of their school reading assignments digitally. Turning so heavily to ...