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.
Reading Is Thinking: Comprehension, Critical Thinking, and Why It Matters Now
Decades of reading research have been building toward a single destination. Comprehension is where every prior pillar of reading instruction ultimately points, and science is now clear that it does not emerge automatically once a child can read the words on a page. It has to be explicitly taught, and the world children are growing up in makes that more urgent than it has ever been.