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 ...

Some parents worry if their children only read graphic novels—or even mostly read them. A common question goes something like ...

Fordham Institute and the RAND Corp., asked more than 1,200 K-3 teachers in the fall of 2025 about their perspectives on reading instruction, the practices they use in their classrooms, the training ...

Speed reading combines an understanding of how the eyes and brain process text with targeted techniques to increase efficiency without losing comprehension. Strategies like chunking, skimming, and ...

Though not a new issue, pandemic-related learning loss has shed an increased spotlight on the complexity of reading proficiency in the United States. ReadWorks, a national nonprofit education ...

Previously in Virginia, the way reading comprehension was taught revealed gaps in learning for minority students and set a small percentage of students into the special education category. Now, ...

Kindergartners who got a literacy curriculum grounded in science topics had better reading comprehension than peers who got the standard approach focusing on general comprehension skills, according to ...

Reading involves the skill of decoding written words into meaning. The first step, decoding, is the process of teaching children how to connect symbols with sounds. In layman’s terms, this is ...

This year marks the UK's National Year of Reading, which aims to rebuild good reading habits and enjoyment as child and ...