Reading
Here’s how teachers and parents can collaborate and help Michigan’s 1.4M students succeed
Inflexible meeting times, transportation and childcare challenges can limit parents or caregivers from getting involved in their children’s education.
Do more than half of Philadelphia adults really read at or below 5th grade level? It’s time for a new way to describe what they know
An adult can read at a fifth grade level and still be a productive employee or caregiver who navigates practical life with competence.
Staying hopeful and true to oneself is a lesson these 5 kids books offer to kindergartners and other children
A children’s writer explains how ‘Where the Wild Things Are,’ ‘The Rabbit Listened’ and other stories can help prepare kindergarten students for this next phase of life.
What the panic over Gen Z’s reading habits gets wrong
Despite dire warnings of a ‘postliterate’ generation, data suggests Gen Z is still reading – just in ways many traditional studies fail to capture.
Deep reading can boost your critical thinking and help you resist misinformation – here’s how to build the skill
Reading comprehension scores are tanking, and fewer Americans are picking up books. But practicing deep reading can help you process content more carefully and keep you from falling for misinformation.
College professors face an emerging challenge: We know students are no longer reading entire books
Some teachers increasingly are shifting their approach to reading, assigning fewer books than they once did.
Reading for pleasure builds empathy in children, but fewer kids are picking up books just for the fun of it
As schools focus more on evidence-based reading instruction, less time is available for children to practice reading for pleasure.
New reading textbooks, same problem: Why children’s reading scores in the US aren’t rising
There are many literacy textbooks available but no clear way to determine which ones are the best – and most likely to turn kids into better readers.
Children learn to read with books that are just right for them – but that might not be the best approach
Reading achievement has been stagnant in the US for decades, raising questions about what other methods might work to help kids learn to read.