Summer reading can mean anything you want it to – from a crime or romance novel to a fat classic you didn’t have time for ...

There has been a longstanding discussion in the reading wars since the 1950s, when the novel “Why Johnny Can’t Read” ...

Proven methods for teaching the readers who struggle most have been known for decades. Why do we often fail to use them?

Students in the Philippines have made slight gains in mathematics but have shown no real progress in reading over the past ...

More than 48,000 fourth graders in the state were reading below the basic level in 2024. Put another way: In the average Pennsylvania fourth grade class of 25, nine students can’t read at a basic ...

The department of basic education is set to roll out language-specific strategies to tackle the growing reading crisis among pupils in grades 1 to 3. Basic education minister Siviwe Gwarube announced ...

The Basic Education Department said that it will start implementing language specific strategies to address the reading crisis in Grade 1 to 3 learners nationwide. Minister, Siviwe Gwarube said that ...

When Basic Books Group president and publisher Lara Heimert told her mom that she was going to work at the Hachette division's flagship imprint, back in 2005, she was elated. "My mother said, Oh, they ...

High school seniors had the worst reading scores since 1992 on a national test, a loss probably related to increases in screen time and the pandemic. Their math scores fell as well. By Dana Goldstein ...

A decade-long slide in high schoolers’ reading and math performance persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 12th graders’ scores dropping to their lowest level in more than 20 years, according to ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Over 30% of U.S. students in their last year of high school lack basic reading skills, the lowest performance in over three decades, according to test results released on Tuesday ...

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was initially called Altair BASIC before becoming Microsoft BASIC, and it was ...