It’s no secret that kids love smartphones and tablets because they’re engaging and easy to use. But they can also be learning tools that inspire kids by demonstrating experiences and offering ...

Editor’s Note: Click on the words highlighted in this story to pull up a definition and short research summary. Visited recently by one of his former students, Minnesota teacher Eric Kalenze was ...

The benefits of reading with children are innumerable. Children who read with their caregivers report higher levels of reading comprehension, fluency and self-confidence. But do you know of its mental ...

The study has shown that two communication cues - intonation and gestures - are also helpful for children with typical language development, but " it's especially useful to apply them in school ...

In 2016, Education Week published an opinion piece saying kids reading comprehension skills are struggling not because of teachers but because kids lack a well-rounded base of knowledge to begin with.

When Inside Higher Education recently interviewed college students about their reading, a University of Florida sophomore claimed she relied entirely on YouTube videos to explain her reading. Academic ...

The 74 reports a decline in parents reading to children, linked to past negative experiences and digital distractions, ...

Some components of reading comprehension don't lend themselves well to scientific study, with the result that one component--"skills and strategies"--has come to overshadow the others. The middle of a ...