Once students can decode, they need ongoing and thoughtful instruction to understand, interpret, and engage with what they read.

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 ...

Some components of reading comprehension don't lend themselves well to scientific study, with the result that one component--"skills and strategies"--has come to overshadow the others. The middle of a ...

Multilingual students read and comprehend more when teaching materials are culturally relevant to them, as veteran North Carolina educator Terri Ashchi ...

I agree with E.D. Hirsch Jr. that “deadening comprehension strategies” do little to impart effective knowledge to students (“Reading-Comprehension Skills? What Are They Really?,” Commentary, April 26, ...