A key part of becoming a skilled reader is understanding how words are built — that is, how small parts of words that carry meaning come...

Can same-language subtitles help children learn to read? Maybe, but only if children look at them.

Last week, a report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) investigating the impact of England’s phonics screening check (PSC) was...

The ability to read opens up worlds. Reading enables children to progress into post-primary education and provides the basis for lifelong...

Last week, Perspectives on Psychological Science published an article that left me mystified, hardly knowing where to begin. In “The...

Research has long suggested that sleep is critical for learning and memory. Sleep after learning strengthens new memories and...

Last week, those of us interested in how children are taught to read woke up to dramatic headlines that England’s approach is “failing...