The night before a safer-at-home order was issued in her Wisconsin town, all Pernille Ripp could think about was getting to her books. When her middle school opened for a few minutes the next day, the ...

Teachers in all content areas can create opportunities for fluency practice to help get students reading fluidly and ...

I almost didn’t recognize her. With flat-ironed hair and makeup, Madeline did not look like the gangly sixth grader with frizzy red hair who I remembered from my class four years ago. “Hi Mrs. Miller, ...

Corrected: An earlier version of this story included incorrect information about Paul W. Hankins. He is from Sellersburg, Ind. and has been teaching for six years. Mention teachers’ practice of ...

Today, 5 February, is World Read Aloud Day (WRAD). The Publishers' Association of South Africa (PASA) and Nal'ibali, South Africa's reading-for-enjoyment campaign, invite you to help spread a love of ...

When good readers read aloud, it sounds like music. The music of reading aloud is called reading prosody, or, in everyday language, reading with expression. Researchers looking at reading prosody ...

In today’s cacophonous, tech-heavy world, trekking the priceless read-aloud journey requires taking a road less traveled, which is a sad reality, both for parents and children alike. According to a ...

Reading to little ones builds bonds with their caregivers and boosts their language and literacy skills, but story time also benefits older kids, a new study reports. Reading to 6- to 12-year-olds for ...

Research in education rarely draws on the substantial body of scientific evidence on how learning works. That’s a problem for teachers, students—and the rest of us. Researchers and academics focus on ...

Reading aloud is useful not just with kids, but many friends and romantic partners also like being read to. Even at work, if you read aloud well, it can be engaging. Here, I offer tips on how to read ...