Psychology and neuroscience provide intriguing answers.

Children and an adult read books at the Altadena Main Library in Altadena, Calif., in March 2025. Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images After decades of stagnating ...

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Motivating kids to read has always been a challenge for parents, teachers, and caregivers alike. For many children, learning to read starts as a task, something they have to do, rather than something ...

Local YMCA Reads! program helps struggling kindergartners through fourth graders go from "learning to read" to "reading to ...

Every parent of multiple children will tell you that each child does things at their own pace and in their own way. For instance, one child might love baseball and excel at throwing one while another ...

Learning to read fluently requires hundreds of hours of practice. Some children happily sit and read for hours, but others (especially those with ADHD or dyslexia) cannot. Parents and teachers often ...

The general assumption in our culture is that children must be taught to read. Vast amounts of research go into trying to figure out the scientifically best way to do this. In the education stacks of ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Timothy E Shanahan, University of Illinois Chicago (THE CONVERSATION) After decades of ...