Dreams have been described as dress rehearsals for real life, opportunities to gratify wishes, and a form of nocturnal therapy. A new theory aims to make sense of it all.
Cognitive psychologists are among those leading a revolution in reading education based on science. This is a call to action to save struggling readers.
Some reading scientists and educators are innovating and reinventing themselves during the COVID era. Will technology and long-distance learning lead to new education solutions?
Here's how to end the Reading Wars and provide better reading instruction and higher reading scores in the U.S. Cognitive science, neuroscience, and the media are leading the way.
As reading scores and textbook funding for spelling plummet in Texas science says spelling knowledge builds the reading brain. Read about the Houston Chronicle's investigation.
The past two decades have brought giant leaps in our understanding of how the reading brain works yet these findings have yet to make there way into the classroom.
These silver bullets for attaining higher reading scores are neither a magic nor miraculous fix, but the science-based solution to a twenty-year old problem.
School gun violence has struck this American family twice: A gut wrenching account of what it’s like for a parent and a mother’s plan for stopping the carnage.
My recent school visits, current reports of failing schools, and testimonies from teachers and administrators reveal a harmful gap between research and spelling instruction.
Two decades after the National Reading Panel and the National Early Literacy Panel left out spelling reading scores have plummeted! Spelling is the missing link to literacy!
Years of best practices by exemplary teachers in kindergarten and Grade 1 are now supported by the latest research in cognitive psychology and neuroscience.
Two Canadian researchers have proven what exemplary kindergarten and first grade teachers have been doing for years to create successful readers by the end of first grade.
No more memorizing the words for the Friday spelling test and forgetting them. These research-based strategies help students retain words in their brains for reading and writing.
Parents and researchers agree that children need explicit spelling instruction in elementary school but school administrators may be ignoring the facts and harming students.
Here are three lists of classic early warning signs of dyslexia for very young children, school-age children, and adults. Do the lists fit you or your child?