Watching a child learn to read feels magical. I remember the first time my son read a book all by himself. I watched in amazement as my kindergartner slowly made his way through an easy reader, ...

English learners are sometimes an afterthought in 'science of reading' policies. Some educators want to change that.

Technology is changing how we read—and that means we need to rethink how we teach. Linus Merryman spends about an hour a day on his laptop at his elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, mostly ...

Doing well in school isn’t just about being able to read dense books and solve complex math problems. There are other, less tangible qualities that help students succeed, like having the courage to ...

On a recent morning, I had the chance to read poems my ninth-grade English students had written about encounters with racism. I was struck by the beauty and poignance of many of their lines. Yet I ...

Learning how to study the Bible on Your Own can feel overwhelming at first, but it doesn’t have to be. Many beginners open their Bible and don’t know where to start, what to read, or how to make sense ...

Culture has sculpted your brain in a fashion different from most of the members of our species who have ever lived. A search for evidence for that claim need proceed no further than the fact that you ...

Rehearsal for "Learning How to Read by Moonlight." (Courtesy Jenny S. Lee/CHUANG Stage) A new, multi-lingual play about a Filipino immigrant boy living in New York City has its world premiere this ...

Tim Odegard, a professor at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, has personal experience with teachers who did not believe in his intelligence because of a discredited dyslexia screening ...

Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty in which genes often play a role. How do genes associated with dyslexia relate to brain structure in the general population? In a large-scale study, a team of ...