THE OAKLAND apartment of Martha Mueller and her daughter, Nora, teems with books and magazines. Their library consists of fiction and nonfiction books, cookbooks and teen novels. Martha, a librarian, ...

NPR's Life Kit team offers tips for how to read deeply in an age when we are constantly distracted. Ever sit down to read a book, get half a page in, and realize nothing has sunk in? It's definitely ...

When was the last time you got lost in a book? These days, the act of 'deep reading,' or reading with intention, can be difficult to practice.... How to practice 'deep reading' How to practice 'deep ...

Three key skills—academic language, perspective taking, and complex reasoning—can predict how well a student does with the kind of deep reading comprehension required in secondary school and beyond, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The average American checks their phone over 140 times a day, clocking an average of 4.5 hours of daily use, with 57% of people admitting they’re “addicted” to their phone. Tech ...

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — The Oakland, Calif., apartment of Martha Mueller and her daughter, Nora, teems with books and magazines. Their library consists of fiction and nonfiction books, cookbooks and ...

In today's world, where social media and video sites are overflowing with information about politics and economics, the ability to spot unfounded misinformation and to take a critical view of ...

Ever sit down to read a book, get half a page in, and realize nothing has sunk in? Or maybe you even finished a book and later thought, I don't really remember anything about it. Under the best of ...

Ever sit down to read a book, get half a page in, and realize nothing has sunk in? It's definitely happened to me. Or maybe you even finished a whole book and later thought, huh, I don't really ...