If you want to be promoted to the upper echelons of the U.S. education establishment, there is one big claim you have to repeat with endless enthusiasm: “Reading is about getting meaning from print.” ...

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 ...

Most parents understand the importance of reading with children when they are young. But how can you make sure your child truly understands what they are reading? They may be able to read all of the ...

Understanding how we read is a fundamental question for psychology, with critical implications for education. Studies of word reading tend to focus on the mappings between the written and spoken forms ...

There has been no shortage of controversy in American schools in the past few years, with lawmakers and parents battling over everything including COVID-19 protocols, the history curriculum and which ...

A new study has identified how stroke can affect a person’s ability to use word meanings during reading – a finding that provides insight into the neurobiology of reading and could inform future ...

Scientists at the University of California Berkeley used improved functional MRI resolution to show that similar neural circuits in the same regions of the brain are active when connecting language ...