New research suggests improving college mental health may be helped by reshaping modern childhood.

For ‘deeper reading’ among children aged 10-12, paper trumps screens. What does it mean when schools are going digital?

When kids study music—intensively and over long periods of time—they become better readers. Here’s what’s at play.

These kids aren’t lazy. We’re failing them.

It’s not the pandemic. It’s not (only) the Devices. So what causes the “decline by 9”?

As schools nationwide contend with declining math scores, some districts are dedicating more time to the practice of foundational skills.

Some schools are changing the way they teach reading—based on research that shows background knowledge is more critical to comprehension than general skills like ‘finding the main idea.’

Here’s how to spot a research-backed reading program.

Schools minister Lotta Edholm moves students off digital devices and on to books and handwriting, with teachers and experts debating the pros and cons

When it comes to best instructional practices, experts say the two subjects have parallel problems–and solutions.

When kids study music—intensively and over long periods of time—they become better readers. Here’s what’s at play.

It’s widely known from test scores that the pandemic set back students across the country. But many parents don’t realize that includes their own child.

They impede learning, stunt relationships, and lessen belonging. They should be banned.

After a decade of rising test scores and multiple challenges, Mississippi’s reading overhaul looks to bounce back even better.

Good textbooks, educators and researchers increasingly argue, offer cohesion and structure where internet-sourced curricula fall short.

Middle school students may be nervous about writing, and low-stakes activities help them build confidence and get their thoughts on the page.

Little things make the difference between a math class that intimidates students and one that encourages them, says a math educator.

Phonics may be a popular way to teach reading, but it fails too many children

Teaching in kindergarten is often too focused on early skills like counting, instead of building a bridge to later math learning

When it comes to math, there’s less of everything: nearly 50% of schools employ trained reading specialists, while only 23% have math specialists.

As schools nationwide contend with declining math scores, some districts are dedicating more time to the practice of foundational skills.

Fed up parents, civil rights activists, newly awakened educators and lawmakers are crusading for “the science of reading.” Can they get results?

While kids across the country still struggle to read due to pandemic school closures, hopeful signs are emerging in Tennessee. Why there?

Good reading requires more than phonics. It also requires comprehension skills, including background knowledge. Yet new state reading laws have almost entirely omitted attention to this issue,...

To estimate the long-term effects of the Reading Recovery® intervention, a regression discontinuity design (RD) was implemented in a randomly selected sample of Reading Recovery schools during each...

After a decade of rising test scores and multiple challenges, Mississippi’s reading overhaul looks to bounce back even better.

Learn where students struggle, what types of materials educators use, and their perceptions of students' stamina and pleasure reading.

Teachers describe their journeys as they navigated the changing landscape of literacy instruction.

Just as scientists have made great gains in understanding how students read, they have also made tremendous gains in understanding the science of learning. Although some educators are familiar with...

Evidence increases for building students’ background knowledge of the world

Dueling interpretations of a large body of research

When it comes to math, there’s less of everything: nearly 50% of schools employ trained reading specialists, while only 23% have math specialists.