There are a lot of things that have improved over the past 50 years, but are still far from perfect: Car safety. Solar power uptake. Scores of medical procedures. Add reading comprehension instruction ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Nearly a half ...

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 ...

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 ...

Educators don’t need to choose between building students’ knowledge and teaching reading comprehension strategies. The question isn’t whether to teach strategies—it’s how to do it and when. “Are we ...

Nearly a half century ago, a landmark study showed that teachers weren’t explicitly teaching reading comprehension. Once ...