Stephanie Emminger’s English class at Jennings County High School is the first in the county to read 2.2 million words in one month under the school’s new Accelerated Reading program. For the last 25 ...

MACON, Ga. — Students across Bibb County are building reading skills with the help of a program called Accelerated Reading, often referred to as AR. The program encourages students to read books at ...

Mrs Theresa Sabetta, librarian and director of the Accelerated Reader Program at Wyoming Area Catholic, and Mrs. Josephine Toomey, Reading Teacher grades 4-8, are pleased to announce the students who ...

The first-grade students of the Pittston Area Primary Center gathered to celebrate their Accelerated Reading achievements for the school year. The Accelerated Reader program is a computerized program ...

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Editor’s Note: Click on the words highlighted in this story to pull up a definition and short research summary. Reading comprehension is a complex endeavor. It’s heavily dependent on learning new ...

There are a lot of things that have improved over the past 50 years, but are still far from perfect: Car safety. Solar power uptake. Scores of medical procedures. Add reading comprehension instruction ...

Nearly a half century ago, a landmark study showed that teachers weren’t explicitly teaching reading comprehension. Once children learned how to read words, no one taught them how to make sense of the ...