America’s schools are facing a crisis in reading achievement. The recently released National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) found that only 31 percent of 4th graders and 30 percent of 8th ...
Picture a reader of a large-print book. Many associations would be perfectly reasonable based on the category's historical customer base. Perhaps the reader is a person with a disability who is ...
Large print books have a legacy of supporting reading engagement and proficiency in older adults, leading to a narrow – and inaccurate – view of the format’s usefulness. A 2019 report from the ...
Teachers and Librarians Say the Format Supports the Science of Reading by Helping Students Read Longer, with Greater Comprehension and Confidence "When a simple change in format can lessen ...
When “Orbital” by Samantha Harvey won this year’s Booker Prize in what I, at least, thought was an upset over “James” by Percival Everett, I was instantly eager to read it. As I had a pre-planned trip ...
Julie Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow, during her session "Advancing Literacy through Large Print: Translating National Study Results into Advocacy" at the 2023 LibLearnX Conference in New Orleans.