Deep reading can boost your critical thinking and help you resist misinformation—here's how to build the skill

The average American checks their phone over 140 times a day, clocking an average of 4.5 hours of daily use, with 57% of ...

NC approves new reading standards

North Carolina has adopted new reading standards that will expand the use of the “science of reading” into middle schools and ...

NC has approved new reading standards. See what students are expected to learn.

Teachers will be trained on how to teach the new language arts standards before they go into effect in the 2027-28 school year.

Why we should worry about the recent decline of reading, according to science

Concerning lessons from cognitive and educational psychology. Last year, various surveys, including reliable indicators, have ...
Education Week

Reading Comprehension Teaching Has Improved—But Not Nearly Enough

There are a lot of things that have improved over the past 50 years, but are still far from perfect: Car safety. Solar power uptake. Scores of medical procedures. Add reading comprehension instruction ...
Education Week

‘A Good Deal of Nostalgia’: New York’s Uneven Embrace of the Science of Reading

An ongoing effort in New York state to encourage schools to adopt the “science of reading” is seeing some early success, according to a new survey, with the majority of educators reporting that their ...
Los Angeles Times

Could phonics solve California’s reading crisis? Inside the push for sweeping changes

To look inside Julie Celestial’s kindergarten classroom in Long Beach is to peer into the future of reading in California. During a recent lesson, 25 kindergartners gazed at the whiteboard, trying to ...