Media coverage of the science of reading has focused on problems in teaching phonics. But if it doesn't also examine misunderstandings about how to teach reading comprehension, we're unlikely to see ...

Multilingual students read and comprehend more when teaching materials are culturally relevant to them, as veteran North Carolina educator Terri Ashchi ...

Explicit instruction in how tone is conveyed in writing helps students become more thoughtful readers and more precise, ...

Anne Arundel County Public Schools’ first year using an evidence-based curriculum to teach reading has been embraced by students and teachers despite a few shortcomings, which include the rigid ...

Educators don’t need to choose between building students’ knowledge and teaching reading comprehension strategies. The question isn’t whether to teach strategies—it’s how to do it and when. “Are we ...

Four school districts in major urban areas using the science of reading found while students are grasping basic literacy ...

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

The lesson for the day had the students reading One Giant Leap, which narrates the Apollo 11 moon landing. Yet two ...

New York City school superintendents are boasting that instructors use artificial intelligence (AI) to teach kids reading ...

Wales is trying to improve how reading is taught, but can the country do so without first fixing the lack of consistent national data?

Many states have recently enacted laws or rules designed to ensure that teachers are well versed in evidence-based reading instruction. Here are some highlights. Requires districts to provide core ...

(This is the last post in a three-part series on this topic. You can see Part One here and Part Two here.) This week’s question is: What is “close reading,” is it important and, if so, how should I ...