As the number of multilingual students continues to rise nationwide, new research shows that targeted language instruction can make a measurable difference. A recent Lexia study found that students ...

Answer questions on the science of reading alignment in your district, including classroom materials, achievement data, and regulations.

If you read a book in 2025—just one book—you belong to an endangered species. Like honeybees and red wolves, the population of American readers, Lector americanus, has been declining for decades. The ...

The Lede Reporting and commentary on what you need to know today. This way of perceiving social reality—and particularly a person’s reading life—may seem inane, even deranged. But performative reading ...

They say the holidays are the most wonderful time of the year, but around these parts, we know nothing tops the launch of the annual Popsugar Reading Challenge — our take on a virtual book club that ...

After nearly two decades, the classic kids' show Reading Rainbow is back — with a new host and a new digital format, but with the same mission of encouraging children to "take a look, it's in a book." ...

Neuroscientists have found that when people read, their brains don’t just process words — they simulate the story world. Functional imaging studies show that as a character in a book moves, sets goals ...

As an avid reader – and an author, too – I’m disheartened by frequent reports of a decline in reading for pleasure among young people. So when a friend recently asked me whether her daughter was ...

ABSTRACT: This literature review investigates the effect of systematic phonics-based instruction and the whole language approach on early reading acquisition, specifically phonemic awareness, decoding ...

A new national survey from Lexia, a Cambium Learning Group brand, points to an opportunity for district leaders to work in concert with teachers to provide families with the science of reading-based ...

Reading for pleasure in the U.S. fell 40% over two decades, the study found. Fewer Americans are opening a book for fun each day, with reading for pleasure in the United States down 40% over the past ...