I believe the EdWeek article “What Is Background Knowledge, and How Does It Fit Into the Science of Reading? ” (Jan. 30, 2023) is problematic. The “science of reading” inspired by the National Reading ...
The idea of “reading minds” has shifted from science fiction to a concrete engineering challenge, and the latest breakthroughs suggest the brain’s private code is finally yielding. Researchers are not ...
Despite expectations that students master basic reading skills by third grade, many continue to struggle with reading into upper elementary school and beyond. A new study commissioned by the Advanced ...
Corrected: A previous version of this essay misstated the title of the author’s co-authored book. It is called Build Reading Fluency (Shell Education Publishing, 2023). The first post-pandemic ...
In recent years, there’s been a groundswell of interest in legislation that embraces the “science of reading,” a body of research that many educators now believe holds the key to early literacy. But ...