American educators have returned to the notion that shared background knowledge is essential to reading instruction, ending a ...

The “science of reading” movement has shifted early reading practices across the country, with more than 40 states mandating ...

There’s been a lot of concern about phonics instruction in recent months, sparked by an illuminating new audio documentary. But there’s another aspect of reading—comprehension—that is equally crucial, ...

The “science of reading” includes far more than phonics—its end goal is student comprehension of increasingly complex text. To be successful, schools must introduce students to extensive content, ...

Our testing system is based on the idea that reading comprehension can be measured independently of what kids know, but science indicates otherwise. The American education system rests in large part ...

With all of the things out there to read on the internet—all of the blogs we want to keep up with and all of the news funneled to us every day—how can you make sure you read each item in a way that ...

Experts have long known that reading skills develop before the first day of kindergarten, but new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences from the Harvard Graduate ...

When a dyslexic person sits down to read, letters seem to move around on the page. Words don't appear the same as they do to other readers. The National Institutes of Health classifies dyslexia as a ...

Will there ever be another Harry Potter? Between 1997 and 2007, it seemed like every child (and even their parents) was reading J.K. Rowling’s timeless fantasy novels about a skinny, bespectacled ...

“School Excels in Reading by Sticking With What Works” (April 1) mischaracterizes the whole-language approach to teaching reading. Whole language does not simply “encourage children to intuit the nuts ...

When Mississippi reformed its reading curriculum in 2013, scores for the state’s elementary school students soared. Inspired ...

Hyperlexia is a condition where preschool children display an intense early interest in letters in a way that is very advanced for their age. They can decode words accurately, but without ...