A strong focus on literacy has seen Renmark West Primary School make substantial above-average improvements in the latest NAPLAN results. The Riverland school of 185 students was included in a list of ...

he mission for Zondervan Bibles, says Laura Bartlett, associate publisher, is to “publish beautiful Bibles, for all ages and stages of life.” That mission is taking on even deeper meaning with the ...

State lawmakers have passed a slate of comprehensive reading bills in recent years that aim to align schools’ teaching, curricula, and professional development with research on key foundational ...

The push to diversify school, classroom, and public library collections has teachers and librarians curating collections of books about and by diverse authors. This diversity includes race, culture, ...

E.D. Hirsch Jr.’s Commentary “Reading-Comprehension Skills? What Are They Really?” (April 26, 2006) identifies lack of background knowledge as the main reason for the stagnant reading-test scores of ...

We all know reading is good for the brain. Several studies have found it promotes better memory, language, and empathy. Now a study tried to see how different types of reading affects the brain. Then ...

We often think of empire in terms of conquest and control — of armies, borders, and grand narratives. But what if the real story of empire was hidden in the pages of the ordinary? In her award-winning ...