The key themes that defined the year behind us will also shape the one ahead. The most-read articles of 2025 tracked a return ...

This research was partially funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF). While this problem has received considerable attention, no clear explanation has emerged. In my recent PhD thesis, I ...

Students are shaped by their teachers in the classroom — and this influence highlights the need to carefully choose who enters the teaching profession, an education leader stressed during the release ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Why do so many ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said there are 5.58 million Filipino high school graduates who are “functionally illiterate,” referring to those who can read, write and ...

There are a lot of things that have improved over the past 50 years, but are still far from perfect: Car safety. Solar power uptake. Scores of medical procedures. Add reading comprehension instruction ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Nearly a half ...

Nearly a half century ago, a landmark study showed that teachers weren’t explicitly teaching reading comprehension. Once children learned how to read words, no one taught them how to make sense of the ...

While necessary, the two essential components of reading comprehension—decoding and language comprehension—are not sufficient to improve outcomes in international reading assessments such as Programme ...

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In the last few weeks, I’ve seen online posts from teachers bemoaning their students’ lack of enthusiasm for reading. Our international standardized test scores are down again. And then there’s the ...