Why is re-reading and highlighting bad for effective learning? How can we make learning more effective? Here’s our top takeaways from the book “Make It Stick”.

The past two decades have been characterized by a growing body of research from diverse disciplines — child development, psychology, neuroscience, and economics, among others — demonstrating the importance of establishing a strong foundation in the early years of life.

How can we establish the effectiveness of such programs and what metrics should we be looking at?

Why literacy matters, not just for you. But for everyone.

Did you ever wonder why it’s easy to learn some things and hard to learn other things? Why can you read a book and feel you learned a lot, only to find that you’ve forgotten most of it a year later?