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Can tech help teens who feel unmotivated about school?
Various aspects of the learning experience can be boosted with a little help from Silicon Valley
09/23/2017 23:29 UTC
The rise of social reading: Goodbye to Virginia Woolf's solitary, egoless reader
Virginia Woolf’s ideal reader is now under siege by interactive technology, as we pursue a party on the page
04/10/2017 00:30 UTC
How to motivate a middle school reader
Having trouble getting older kids to pick up a book that's not assigned in school? Try these six tips to help them
09/23/2017 00:32 UTC
It's official — the internet is making us dumb: The more you read online, the worse you write
A study of MBA students finds both complexity and style in writing suffer when people read mostly digital content
06/10/2016 21:24 UTC
No more reader-in-chief: After Obama, Trump the nonreader amounts a real national loss
It's not just Obama — JFK, Nixon, even George W. Bush valued books. We all lose when the president isn't a reader
12/03/2016 04:59 UTC
The enduring power of print for learning in a digital world
Could learning in print be more efficient than learning digital?
10/09/2017 02:00 UTC
This is the absolute worst way to teach your kids to read
Apps that force kids to log book time as a way to earn Internet and TV access are a huge mistake
06/13/2014 02:59 UTC
Your brain loves Jane Austen
An English professor measures the brain activity of readers, and finds we respond differently when reading for fun
09/19/2012 20:05 UTC
Ohio school district bans children's book with rainbow cover
"It's Okay to Be a Unicorn" centers on a unicorn who believes himself to be a horse until embracing his true nature
04/15/2022 14:51 UTC
My phone helped me fall in love with books again
Taking a fitness app approach to reading has helped to tame my distracted mind
06/02/2019 15:00 UTC
Call the "woke busters": Ron DeSantis sends volunteer army to snatch books from students' hands
Florida's GOP governor claims there's no war on reading — so why are there censorship troops?
02/03/2023 10:45 UTC
Is reading antisocial?
Another attempt to socially network books has bitten the dust. Maybe readers just want to be alone
04/17/2014 03:00 UTC
WATCH: 5 books you've got to read this summer
One deeply boring professor inspired me to make reading fun for the rest of my life. These books should help!
07/04/2017 22:00 UTC
Your iPhone addiction will rot your kid's brain: Put your devices away, moms and dads
iPads and other devices aren't really interactive. An expert on the need to read to kids
07/27/2014 04:00 UTC
White bro reading: Yes, I’m reading men and women equally — but they’re still mostly white
We need more than a VIDA-style count for writers of color—we need to confront the implicit whiteness of Literature
01/11/2016 03:30 UTC