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

A federal literacy grant program has aided in the improved reading scores for Black and underserved students in D.C. charter ...

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, ...

Tazewell County fourth grade students recently went on a journey that took them from the streets of London to the fictitious New World settlement of James Town, Virginia. Richlands ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

By Juliet Aguiar DUGBARTEY, Tarkwa\xa0Reading Ghana, Western Region in partnership with Goldfields Ghana Foundation, CODE ...

Bookworms’ reading quirks are more common than you’d think. (We’re looking at you, page sniffers and back-to-front flippers!) As the daughter of a librarian, I grew up surrounded by books. My mother ...

The 24th annual Tom Colley Reading Bee was held Thursday night at Tazewell Middle School, highlighting the importance of ...