It’s no secret that many college courses require substantial reading – both the amount and the challenging nature of these readings can be a struggle for students. How do we help students streamline ...

Top colleges in the United States typically require either the SAT or ACT as part of their admissions process. These standardized tests serve as a measure of a student’s academic readiness for college ...

In his April 26, 2006, Commentary, E.D. Hirsch Jr. argues that strategy instruction is not as effective in improving reading comprehension as building broad background knowledge ...

D avid Jolliffe has seen how much trouble students have had in recent years doing their reading. He has given them a full article or book and watched them struggle to read anything beyond an excerpt.

I recently attended a performance of the National Theatre and Bristol Old Vic’s musical adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s 1847 novel Jane Eyre, a story that brilliantly reimagines the Bildungsroman ...

The Reading Teacher is a peer-reviewed journal serving teachers and literacy professionals interested in the teaching of reading to children in the elementary classroom. The journal offers teaching ...

If your district isn’t having an “uh oh” moment around reading instruction, it probably should be. Educators across the country are experiencing a collective awakening about literacy instruction, ...

President of the Jacksonville Public Education Fund argues that long-term economic growth depends directly on willingness to ...

Reading is one of the most basic ways of acquiring information in college. Textbooks, research articles, and even literature provide a critical, often different perspective on the material you are ...