Proven methods for teaching the readers who struggle most have been known for decades. Why do we often fail to use them?

“We do one book after state testing, and we did ‘The Great Gatsby.’ … A lot of kids had not read a novel in class before.” — Laura Henry, 10th-grade English teacher near Houston “My son in 9th grade ...

Cycle Pharmaceuticals is circling up Applied Therapeutics, acquiring the rare disease biotech after an extremely tumultuous year for the latter that began with an FDA rejection at the end of 2024.

Reforesting areas of the world comes with major benefits, but adding billions of trees can come with unintended consequences. A new study details how China’s massive regreening effort has altered the ...

The tarpaulin barely held against the wind, sagging under days of ceaseless rain. For the earthquake survivors of San Remigio, in the central Philippines, it was all that remained – a thin sheet of ...

Nearly annihilated during World War II, Saint-Malo has long been a beacon of maritime adventure—and potent rebellion. Here’s how to experience it. Saint-Malo, an historic seaside town in Brittany, is ...

• In an Opinium/Lime survey of 1,000 Londoners, 39% said safer driver behaviour would encourage them to cycle more • Daily bike trips reached a record 1.5 million in London in 2025, yet cyclist deaths ...

Londoners are being saddled with “overpriced ferry tickets” after City Hall scrapped a free pedestrian and cycle bridge across the River Thames, the Mayor has been told. On Friday the Orbit Clipper, a ...

J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings saga is a seminal work of fantasy that spawned one of the best film trilogies ever created. Tolkien's story of good vs. evil is built around timeless themes of ...

Lawmakers and the legal community are raising questions after a Minnesota judge took the uncommon step of overturning a unanimous jury verdict in a massive $7.2 million Medicaid fraud case, a move ...

The National Park Service has revised its list of free entrance days, dropping Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth — two federal holidays that were added under President Joe Biden’s ...