Editor’s Note: Click on the words highlighted in this story to pull up a definition and short research summary. Portage, Mich. - Portage, Mich., is more than 500 miles from the ocean—so students here ...

What barriers do students face when asked to read text and show their comprehension of it? This question was posed by an English/language arts teacher and educational consultant to a group of ...

How many words should your first grader be able to retrieve automatically and spell correctly by the end of the year? One hundred, 200, 300-plus? It’s an important question because if the child can ...

Nearly a half century ago, a landmark study showed that teachers weren’t explicitly teaching reading comprehension. Once children learned how to read words, no one taught them how to make sense of the ...

In this second of a two-part post, I collaborate with co-author Dr. Molly Ness of Fordham University to show how analysis of writing in children as young as kindergarten shows evidence of foundational ...