Digital platforms can help make reading aloud independently more engaging and get kids excited about literacy practice.

“Avoid the passive voice” is a favorite maxim of writing teachers. But for young learners, exposure to passive construction—and other more complex sentences in spoken language—may help children ...

As schools around the nation scramble to respond to the alarm bells set off by falling scores on “the nation’s report card,” we—two university professors who teach reading courses and who are former ...

This research was partially funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF). While this problem has received considerable attention, no clear explanation has emerged. In my recent PhD thesis, I ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Natalie Wexler is an education writer focusing on literacy. Oct 10, 2023, 12:05pm EDT Oct 13, 2023, 02:47pm EDT This article is ...

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Nearly a half century ago, a landmark study showed that teachers weren’t explicitly teaching reading comprehension. Once ...