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.
Why Some Kids Hate Reading And What the Research Says We Can Do About It
When a child avoids reading, it is not a character flaw — it is a rational response to repeated failure, and research shows it sets off a cycle that is hard to break. Every book not opened is practice not gotten, vocabulary not encountered, and background knowledge not built, ensuring that reading stays hard for the very child it is already hardest for. The skill gap and the motivation gap feed each other, and closing one without addressing the other is rarely enough.