It’s that time of year again, and I will be alternating between publishing thematic collections of past posts and sharing interviews with authors of recent books I consider important and useful to us ...

Reading comprehension is crucial for success in school and society but can be difficult for children initially. Decodable texts are widely believed to help by focusing on taught letter-sound ...

Three key skills—academic language, perspective taking, and complex reasoning—can predict how well a student does with the kind of deep reading comprehension required in secondary school and beyond, ...

Understanding how to help learners with reading difficulties is essential for teachers, parents, and caregivers who want to ...

At our Title I high school in Los Angeles, CA–where over 90 percent of students face economic hardship–we are uniquely autonomous from any feeder grade schools, which means we have no influence on ...

By Benjamin PIPER and Nompumelelo MOHOHLWANEAfrica stands at the edge of a historic demographic shift. By 2050, one in three young people in the world will be African. This represents an extraordinary ...