Whether reading a book or listening to a podcast, the goal is the same: understanding. But these activities support ...

In the late 1980s, two American researchers conducted what would become one of the most cited experiments in education. A ...

This type of supplemental essay prompt requires students to reflect on their response to a disagreement they have had—Harvard’s question, for instance, reads: “Describe a time when you ...

The Office of Personnel Management sought to soften the importance of essay prompts for federal job applicants after critics warned the test would screen applicants based on how they’d help President ...

Democratic senators said they were left with questions Thursday about what was largely viewed as a successful strike in Iran, even as many cautioned the damage done to the country’s nuclear ...

A social media post reacting to comments about food content creator Erwan Heussaff being called a “champion of Filipino cuisine” has sparked discussions about Filipinos’ reading comprehension.

You’re reading Open Questions, Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. What do you read, and why? A few decades ago, these weren’t urgent questions. Reading was ...

Generative A.I. chatbots are going down conspiratorial rabbit holes and endorsing wild, mystical belief systems. For some people, conversations with the technology can deeply distort reality.

After nearly two decades instructing both students and teachers, Jennifer Throndsen has identified three key tools to scaffold literacy instruction for developing readers: active reading ...

New federal hiring guidelines from the White House include a series of essay questions that amount to a presidential loyalty test, critics said. The new guidelines are aimed at candidates for ...

Reading comprehension is a widely adopted method for learning English, involving reading articles and answering related questions. However, the reading comprehension training typically focuses on the ...