Corrected: An earlier version of this story included incorrect information about Paul W. Hankins. He is from Sellersburg, Ind. and has been teaching for six years. Mention teachers’ practice of ...

In recent days, as many teachers have faced an abrupt shift to online teaching, there have been questions about how copyright law applies to the translation of classroom-based practices of reading ...

The first image many people have of school is a circle of small children, sitting cross-legged, paying attention (or not) to an adult reading a book aloud and showing pictures to the class. Indeed, ...

Teachers are increasingly trying to boost reading comprehension by having students read brief passages. But evidence suggests that just reading novels aloud is more effective. English teachers are ...

We tend to reserve reading aloud for kids or others who can't read on their own. But beloved children's book author Kate DiCamillo thinks the practice offers a special opportunity for people to ...

Do you remember the first time you held the world in the palm of your hand? One day when I was 8, my teacher took me aside and said, "You are an excellent reader." "Thank you, ma'am," I said. "I'll ...

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Research involving almost 1,000 West Australian schoolchildren has revealed that parents, and teachers, may be giving up reading aloud to them too early. Dr Margaret Merga from Murdoch University ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In this paper we present the edition and a brief commentary of a Middle English short tract written presumably by a follower of John Leylond.

I almost didn’t recognize her. With flat-ironed hair and makeup, Madeline did not look like the gangly sixth grader with frizzy red hair who I remembered from my class four years ago. “Hi Mrs. Miller, ...

Most adults retreat into a personal, quiet world inside their heads when they are reading, but we may be missing out on some vital benefits when we do this. For much of history, reading was a fairly ...