Educational Leadership

These kids aren’t lazy. We’re failing them.

Deloris Fowler had seen educational reforms come and go. Then one of them surprised her.

Reading aloud can help young children learn about new words and how to sound them. There’s great value too in providing opportunities for children to enjoy regular silent reading, which is sustained reading of materials they select for pleasure.

But not all schools consistently offer this opportunity for all of their students. We regularly hear from teachers and teacher librarians who are concerned about the state of silent reading in schools.

Teacher preparation programs continue to ignore the sound science behind how people become readers.

Comprehension depends on what you already know. Let’s start there.

The suggested readings in this installment of the "Leaders Are Readers" series challenge traditional notions of productivity. They also underscore the

A report outlines how Australia is still struggling to narrow education and health gaps for Indigenous people, but this mother and son show there are some pockets of hope in the community.

There’s a body of research on cognitive reading processes, so why isn’t it being utilized?