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 Summer Slide Is Real — But the Fix Is Simpler Than You Think
Teachers see it every fall — skills that were solid in June feel shaky in September. The summer slide is real, measurable across decades of research, and of all the factors that predict whether children hold their reading gains over summer, the strongest is the simplest: how much they actually read. Not workbooks, not apps, not required book reports — just books children choose, at a level they can handle, for the pleasure of it.