Science of Reading and Learning Science
Understanding how children learn changes everything. The Science of Reading and broader learning science give us a research-based picture of how the brain develops, how children acquire skills, why some students struggle, and what instructional approaches make the biggest difference. Explore our articles to dig into the evidence.
Midweek Mini: The Meaning Behind the Words: What Semantics Is and Why It Matters
A child reads every word correctly, at a steady pace, with expression — and then cannot tell you what the sentence meant. That is not a decoding problem or a fluency problem. It is a semantics problem, and it is one of the most common and least named reasons capable decoders hit a comprehension wall.