More than 9 out of 10 elementary and middle school students fail to properly read school textbook content, according to a study. It was also confirmed that students addicted to smartphones and short-form videos (short videos) tend to have lower vocabulary skills.

This newspaper obtained and analyzed a literacy test report conducted by the Chungnam Office of Education in 2024 through the office of Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker Jin Sun-mi. The results showed that 98% of elementary students and 92% of middle school students failed to finish reading given textbook passages within the allotted time. The test, conducted with the Dyslexia and Literacy Research Institute, involved 145 middle school students (grades 1–3) and 97 third-grade elementary students.

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Until recently I believed that the three greatest contributions audiobooks have made to civilization were providing access to books to the sight-impaired, reducing the tedium of mindless drudgery and providing another level of interpretation and richness through the voices of gifted narrators. Further, audiobooks can add a new dimension to reading. Many people listen to a book while reading it at the same time, a practice known as “immersive reading.” The term began to take off in the late 1990s, rising steeply in the new century, which was, as it happens, when audiobooks began their own momentous ascent.

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An estimated 900,000 children in England have dyslexia, according to new research, yet fewer than 2% of local authorities track how many they support. That’s 900,000 dyslexic thinking kids being left to navigate a system that often labels difference as deficiency; kids who could represent the next generation of innovators and business leaders. Studies show that around one in three (20% to 40%) entrepreneurs are dyslexic thinkers, underlining that these early classroom challenges often nurture the exact skills needed to lead, innovate, and take risks.

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The same genes affect multiple brain functions, which is why dyslexia often appears alongside other learning differences.

A new film reframes dyslexia as a distinct cognitive style with its own set of strengths.

Doctors Fernette and Brock Eide, psychologists who’ve studied dyslexia for decades, have come to believe that dyslexia is “not a disease, but a gift.”

As they put it, “Dyslexic minds are not disabled. They’re specialized. They’re wired to learn best through direct experience, not through print or rote repetition.”

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