KUOW recently reported that the King County Library System was the second-most popular library across the United States, digitally speaking. That inspired a great question from a reader: What the heck ...

Will there ever be another Harry Potter? Between 1997 and 2007, it seemed like every child (and even their parents) was reading J.K. Rowling’s timeless fantasy novels about a skinny, bespectacled ...

Books are heavy, and carrying many of them is harder. The solution to this is e-reading. Devices like Kindle, Nook, and Kobo are all the rage for digital readers worldwide. But with this digital ...

Students’ reading skills are one of the major predictors of success in school and in careers later in life. And now, technology is shaping how children and adults read more than ever before. That ...

Study after study has shown that reading on screens just doesn’t have the same benefit as reading print books. But where does that leave teachers, who often are required to use both formats in their ...

Washington, December 13, 2023—For years, research showed that print reading, whether for leisure or school, improved developing readers’ ability to comprehend text. However, the explosive use of ...

K–12 student reading platform Sora, a division of educational digital content provider OverDrive, has released its first report, "The State of K–12 Digital Reading," showing that student reading had ...

Screen time has taken center stage in national media discussions, sparking concerns about children’s learning and well-being. Researchers have long pointed out that the focus on screen time ...

Parents often wonder whether screen time is ok. A group of researchers are arguing that if it's reading, then it is. This piece is part of Scientific American's column The Science of Parenting. To ...

Sora recently announced the release of its second annual digital reading report for the 2023-2024 year, “The State of K-12 Digital Reading.” The report reveals a second consecutive year of ...