According to researchers at Princeton University, difficult-to-read fonts improve learning. In the study volunteers had to learn made-up information about different types of aliens - and found that those reading harder fonts recalled more when tested 15 minutes later. The idea is that schools could boost results by simply changing the font used in their […]

According to reading charity Booktrust, half of British children spend more time in front of a TV or computer screen than they do reading. The good news is that a poll of 3,090 children and parents suggests reading has become more popular - and 96% of children say they enjoy it. But, one in 20 […]

More than a quarter of teenagers in England are not taking English literature GCSE, according to figures published by the Conservatives. About 37% of poorer students - those entitled to free school meals - did not sit the exam in 2008. But while the number fell at maintained schools, it rose at independent ones. Mary […]

Using Monday's lesson for reading practice was not a bad idea - even if I say so myself. With the wealth of books that are now free of copyright hosting them on my site is only a bit more work and installing a piece of code that allows dictionary look up on each word cuts […]