Once students can decode, they need ongoing and thoughtful instruction to understand, interpret, and engage with what they read.

Even for people who love books, finding the opportunity to read can be a challenge. Many, then, rely on audiobooks, a convenient alternative to old-fashioned reading. You can listen to the latest ...

An Alamance County middle school teacher helped her students analyze texts to improove their reading comprehension.

We must get back to holistic methods of teaching so that Oklahoma children will “learn to read, so they can read to learn.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the last few weeks, I’ve seen online posts from teachers bemoaning their students’ lack of enthusiasm for reading. Our international standardized test scores are down again. And then there’s the ...