The U.S. outperformed most countries in reading and science, but the results show a global phenomenon of poorer readers.

The influential global study shows a downward trend in students' performances. Germany is faring worse than ever.

By Leigh Thomas PARIS, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Teenagers more accustomed to smartphones than Shakespeare are reading at the worst ...

Printed books, smartphones, and compact e-readers each suit a different kind of reading. Print books are not going anywhere.

If reading is a recent innovation, then reading on screens is brand new, and it has brought further challenges for our brains. A number of research studies strongly suggest that when we read text on a ...

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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. Ptolemy, who had served under ...

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When Alden Jones taught her first back-in-person college class during the pandemic, something surprising happened. “Here I am, teaching the same class I’ve taught for 10 years, using the same book and ...

The National Literacy Trust’s annual literacy survey 2025 reveals that one in three children and young people do not enjoy reading, with only 35% of eight to 18-year-olds stating that they enjoy ...

The best reading tablet is the Kindle Paperwhite, which has reading-specific features like adjustable warm light, great ...