Alex Quigley is an English teacher and Director of Huntington Research School, York, England. He blogs at www.theconfidentteacher.com and he is the author of ‘Closing the Vocabulary Gap’, published by ...

Schools spend hours every week teaching comprehension skills and strategies in "reading" class, without results. Using those techniques in history, science, and other content-focused classes could ...

It is fascinating to think about all of the complex activities happening when we read. For example, our brains are doing a lot of high-level cognitive work just reading this sentence. Different parts ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Natalie Wexler is an education writer focusing on literacy. Some teachers—and parents—are confused by conflicting claims about how ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Too many teachers feel unprepared to teach reading comprehension and use “ad hoc” and inconsistent strategies, new research has found.