Editor’s Note: Click on the words highlighted in this story to pull up a definition and short research summary. Reading comprehension is a complex endeavor. It’s heavily dependent on learning new ...

With SOLs wrapping up and the school year coming to a close for many of our hometowns, we wanted to catch up with some of our ...

Immersive reading is all about improving your focus and literary retention. That’s why it’s so important to have a space that ...

Research in education rarely draws on the substantial body of scientific evidence on how learning works. That’s a problem for teachers, students—and the rest of us. Researchers and academics focus on ...

A study from the University of Valencia found that print reading could boost skills by six to eight times more than digital reading Reading print texts improves comprehension more than reading digital ...

Fordham Institute and the RAND Corp., asked more than 1,200 K-3 teachers in the fall of 2025 about their perspectives on reading instruction, the practices they use in their classrooms, the training ...

Why do so many students struggle to understand what they read, even after they learn how to read? That’s a topic of hot debate among reading researchers. One camp has been arguing that schools have ...

Black headphones with a stack of books on a blue background. The concept of audiobooks and modern education Black headphones with a stack of books on a blue background. The concept of audiobooks and ...

Too often, educators lack solid information about what textbooks are thought to be effective, writes Shawn Datchuk.