Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Natalie Wexler is an education writer focusing on literacy. Apr 01, 2021, 05:47pm EDT Apr 03, 2021, 11:45am EDT This article is ...

Nearly a half century ago, a landmark study showed that teachers weren’t explicitly teaching reading comprehension. Once children learned how to read words, no one taught them how to make sense of the ...

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 ...

Research suggests that reading on screens is a less effective way to absorb and retain information than reading the old-fashioned way, but why? And when so many of us are noticing shortening attention ...

There’s been a lot of concern about phonics instruction in recent months, sparked by an illuminating new audio documentary. But there’s another aspect of reading—comprehension—that is equally crucial, ...

As schools around the nation scramble to respond to the alarm bells set off by falling scores on “the nation’s report card,” we—two university professors who teach reading courses and who are former ...