An academic has called to mandate 'reading for pleasure' at school as a new study shows the correlation between reading enjoyment and academic performance. Integrating 30 minutes a day of reading for pleasure in the classroom could improve student’s results, ...

New research has refuted the common stereotype that schoolboys prefer reading non-fiction, magazines and comics instead of fiction in a finding that is being touted as “significant” and “unexpected”.  The study, which included 300 students aged from seven to eight ...

As we reach the end of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book Week, which has run since 1946, an important yet often forgotten lesson is simply reading for pleasure. Education Review spoke to senior lecturer at Monash University, Dr ...