How to set your child up for reading success

An expert has some tips for parents about what you can do early on to help your child go from learning to read to reading to learn.

Jill Pease-Florida • futurity
March 8, 2024 ~6 min

Grouping English learners in class doesn’t affect reading development

Grouping elementary school English learners into separate classrooms has no effect, good or bad, on reading development, a new study shows.

Jade McClain-NYU • futurity
Oct. 20, 2023 ~5 min


Reading has a complicated history

In this podcast episode, Adrian Johns digs into the complex history of reading, from America's Reading Wars to today's fights over book bans.

U. Chicago • futurity
Sept. 5, 2023 ~2 min

What’s behind all the book banning?

What's driving a renewed push for book banning? And what can parents, educators, and librarians do in response?

Carrie Spector-Stanford • futurity
July 19, 2022 ~8 min

Little kids can learn to read just fine in virtual classrooms

Learning to read in an online setting may seem a tall order, but a new virtual reading camp for preschoolers launched during the pandemic shows it can work.

Kim Eckart-Washington • futurity
April 18, 2022 ~6 min

Kids books are biased towards male protagonists

"While gender bias in children's books appears to have declined significantly over the years, we found that bias remains."

Carol Clark-Emory • futurity
Dec. 17, 2021 ~7 min

Print books beat tablets when reading to toddlers

When reading to young children, cuddling together over a good old-fashioned book beats story time on a tablet.

Beata Mostafavi-Michigan • futurity
Dec. 8, 2021 ~4 min

Stories can shape moral values in kids

Exposure to stories that feature specific moral values, such as care, fairness, loyalty, and authority can influence the weight kids place on those values.

Bert Gambini-Buffalo • futurity
Oct. 7, 2021 ~5 min


Writing letters by hand is the best way to learn to read

Hand writing letters is a better way of teaching reading skills than typing or watching videos, a new study shows.

Jill Rosen-Johns Hopkins • futurity
July 12, 2021 ~6 min

What digital news can learn from readers’ love of newspapers

Researchers digging into how people perceive the news have found that people still love to read newspapers. What they like could improve digital news.

Eric Stann-Missouri • futurity
June 7, 2021 ~7 min

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