Following is a post (first in a series on breaking down the Common Core ) from guest blogger Susan Weston, a Kentucky education consultant who often works with the Prichard Committee: For anyone ...

A recent study by Scholastic takes a look at the habits of frequent readers, finding that in-school opportunities to read books independently and reading aloud are strongly associated with frequent ...

A study published in the journal Psychological Medicine in June 2023 examined the possible benefits of reading for pleasure. This topic of research is very important since reading for pleasure seems ...

Elaine Reese has received funding from the Marsden Fund of the Royal Society of New Zealand. University of Otago provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. University of Otago provides ...

Sarah J. Maas, Freida McFadden and Emily Henry –– can these popular authors join forces and save the day against a dangerous decline in reading for enjoyment? Daily reading for pleasure has plummeted ...

Ryan Spencer is the ACT State Director of the Australian Literacy Educators' Association (ALEA). Reading instruction in the classroom is a key concern for all teachers and there are many ways to go ...