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  • The READ Act and its committee approval demonstrate growing momentum in Congress for the “science of reading,” a movement that has been primarily led by the states.

  • Twenty-three hundred years ago, the legend goes, King Ptolemy I of Egypt asked his court adviser to assemble a comprehensive collection of the world’s written works.

  • Leisure reading rates are down, but you can still fight against a "post-literate" society.

  • To the editor: Raising students who do well on reading tests is not the same thing as raising students who like to read (“The nation’s students are deep in a reading recession.

  • Most people absorb social media content without questioning it.

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  • If reading is a recent innovation, then reading on screens is brand new, and it has brought further challenges for our brains.

  • Babies and young children are sponges that soak in practically everything in their environments.

  • The declines nearly wiped out gains made in the state exams last year.

  • For the latest research on Americans’ reading habits, read “Americans still opt for print books over digital or audio versions; few are in book clubs.