One aspect of evidence-based reading research is the need for explicit phonics instruction versus implicit instruction. While comprehension of text is the goal, the foundational skills of early ...

There are many sounds in English that don’t exist in Spanish, and vice versa. Take the sound the letter “z” makes in English, or the rolled “r” in Spanish. In the Southside independent school district ...

PHILADELPHIA – As a reading specialist in the Cumberland Valley School District, Megan Gierka saw her roster of students who needed extra help swell to all but seven of her school’s second graders.

In "Taking the 'Special' Out of Extra Reading Instruction" [Sept. 19], you have happened upon the most outlandish of the "bogus policies" that MCPS uses to deny needed help to children who can't read ...

Christine Braid consults as a literacy facilitator for Tātai Angitu, Massey University. She received funding from the Ministry of Education for a research project (2015-2017). James Chapman is quoted ...

Reading is a highly valuable skill that allows humans to acquire new knowledge, pursue an education and complete a wide range of real-world tasks. Many past psychology and neuroscience studies set out ...

Evidence-based reading research, or what many refer to as the Science of Reading, has been a much-discussed topic within the literacy landscape for the past few years. While it may seem like the “next ...