The READ Act and its committee approval demonstrate growing momentum in Congress for the “science of reading,” a movement ...

Improving reading skills remains the more persistent challenge across the U.S., while students are faring better in math.

People are reading fewer and fewer books. The Atlantic's Rose Horowitch discusses what a post-literate world might look like.

Books have never been trendier, but studies show that as more and more things compete for our frazzled attention spans, we’re reading less and less. This is a problem because reading has a wealth of ...

Leisure reading rates are down, but you can still fight against a "post-literate" society. Here are 10 fun activities to keep ...

Twenty-three hundred years ago, the legend goes, King Ptolemy I of Egypt asked his court adviser to assemble a comprehensive collection of the world’s written works. Ptolemy, who had served under ...

The declines nearly wiped out gains made in the state exams last year. New York City school leaders promised a review of the ...

Most people absorb social media content without questioning it. Switching to active reading is one of the most practical defences against misinformation.

Getting lost in a book is now regarded as an enriching experience – but a few hundred years ago, reading novels was ...

Babies and young children are sponges that soak in practically everything in their environments. It’s true! Even during story time, their minds are at work, taking in all the language they hear and ...