Connecting background knowledge to reading comprehension is not a new idea. A famous 1987 experiment documented that children who were weaker readers but knowledgeable about baseball understood a ...

It was true for children of all backgrounds. Your kid’s brain when you read aloud to them The scientists behind the Cambridge study didn’t look into the neuroscience of what books do to kids ...

OPINION: Eagles WR A.J. Brown makes big play by showing kids it's cool to read. Scholastic often partners with NFL players to encourage reading, but Clark's foundation is the first for an WNBA player.

Parents may feel powerless to influence their children’s reading habits. But, in reality, they can dramatically impact kids’ reading fluency, level, and comprehension.