He was reading pictures,” she said. “He was being cued by the pictures.”Matthew was a few months into a program for students ...

For decades, schools have attempted to “teach” comprehension by reducing it to practicing skills and strategies, like “making inferences” or “finding the main idea,” using texts on ...

That approach didn’t begin with the Common Core. For decades, teachers have tried to teach reading comprehension by having students practice supposed skills like “finding the main idea.” ...

Literacy is foundational—not only for academic success but as a fundamental skill for navigating life. Yet literacy rates in ...