Psychologically, reading is good for you, but we don’t all do it. Creating time and finding pieces of interest will facilitate such engagement.

Simple words like "the" and "of" are everywhere, but don't follow regular phonics patterns. How should teachers approach them?

Kurt Karakul is president emeritus, Third Federal Foundation and board member, The Literacy Cooperative; Nancy Mendez is ...

In 2023, Oregon legislators placed a $90 million bet on overhauling how the state’s youngest students are taught to read, shifting to a “science of reading” approach like the one Comeau was ...

But that’s just me. If you can put aside a book you’re not enjoying for another, that’s a useful approach to keeping the reading momentum going. I use the word journey there because that’s ...