In many English classrooms across America, assignments to read full-length novels are becoming less common. Some teachers ...

In many English classrooms across America, assignments to read full-length novels are becoming less common. Some teachers focus instead on selected passages -- a concession to perceptions of shorter ...

The data make clear that phones inhibit students' learning, cause and exacerbate discipline issues, and harm students' mental ...

They have to move on quickly because of pressure for teachers to cram more into the curriculum, the teacher said. “It’s like ...

Maryanne Wolf is the director of the Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Students in US schools read fewer novels during English classes and are instead handed detailed chapter summaries for every ...

Up to 20% of the population experiences symptoms of dyslexia, a lifelong neurological disorder that makes it difficult to ...

Deep reading is essential to strengthen circuits in the brain tied to critical thinking skills, background knowledge — and, most of all, empathy, said Maryanne Wolf, a cognitive neuroscientist ...