TORONTO (Reuters) - Speed reading has been around for more than half a century, but new apps are bringing the technique into the digital age, helping users breeze through books faster. ReadMe!, a new ...

A first grade student is trying to read a passage on her iPad. A digital avatar Amira, clad in olive green, is listening. Her face isn’t particularly demonstrative, but she’s trying her best with ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.

There’s a familiar, frustrating tension between practice and policy. When it comes to grading, devices, equity, choice, student behavior, and much else, there are yawning gaps between the views from ...

Targeted reading interventions can significantly improve outcomes for students in Years 4 to 12 who struggle with reading, ...

Small-group discussions designed to help elementary students engage in conversations that promote critical analytic thinking, reasoning and deeper understanding of the content they read increased ...

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Does reading on a screen interfere with in-depth learning? Yes. Let’s examine four reasons: Screens lack tactile experience. Hypertexts are distracting and are hard to navigate. Shallow reading ...