Too many Americans today can’t speak a second language, or even speak and write English sufficiently, writes Lynne Agress.

Aryan Poduri's book, "GOAT Coder," teaches children how to code through hands-on exercises and uncomplicated explanations.

New Ben Lerner, George Saunders gets metaphysical, and Tayari Jones makes her big post–American Marriage return.

Python gives you far more control, and the ecosystem is stacked with libraries that can replace most no-code platforms if you ...

Preteens using increasing amounts of social media perform poorer in reading, vocabulary and memory tests in early adolescence compared with those who use no or little social media. That's according to ...

“A writer,” Saul Bellow once observed, “is a reader moved to emulation.” But what if it’s also the other way around? What if, when we think about writing, we are actually teaching ourselves how to ...

U.S. employers and colleges are contending with more young people who are behind academically. Some are trying to make up where schools have failed. U.S. employers and colleges are contending with ...

I f there’s been one constant in the nearly 30 years Kerry L. Beckford has been teaching, it’s this: College students aren’t particularly excited to take a required composition course. So Beckford, a ...

Readers on TikTok and Instagram are making the aesthetics of reading more visible than ever with creative, and often intricate, annotations. Called marginalia, these markups can be elaborate, with ...

The Education Department has released a new Nation's Report Card. High school students, especially 12th graders, are reading and learning math and science at historic lows, according to a new report ...

High school seniors had the worst reading scores since 1992 on a national test, a loss probably related to increases in screen time and the pandemic. Their math scores fell as well. By Dana Goldstein ...