Clarification: This story has been updated to clarify Claude Goldenberg’s title. Writing about the ongoing debates in reading instruction can sometimes feel a bit like time travel. Take this passage, ...

Young English learners face a two-fold challenge in learning to read. They need to learn how to map spoken sounds to written letters, the phonics skills that allow them to decode words on the page, ...

Mastery of reading requires developing its highly interrelated major component skills: decoding, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. These components are discussed separately below, but they work ...

Intensive reading programs can produce measurable changes in the structure of a child's brain, according to a study in the journal Neuron. The study found that several different programs improved the ...

A park bench can be so much more than just a place to sit and wait. Perhaps it has a puzzle built into it, or weights that allow children to make measurements. As researchers who study the connections ...

The SAT Reading and Writing section can be a tough exam. Students can improve scores by understanding its structure. The Reading section tests comprehension and analysis. The Writing section focuses ...

The SAT Reading and Writing section is often seen as one of the toughest parts of the exam. Packed with dense passages, subtle grammar traps, and complex rhetorical questions, it tests not just what ...