Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Kindergartners who got a literacy curriculum grounded in science topics had better reading comprehension than peers who got the standard approach focusing on general comprehension skills, according to ...

In the last few weeks, I’ve seen online posts from teachers bemoaning their students’ lack of enthusiasm for reading. Our international standardized test scores are down again. And then there’s the ...

When you read a text and show you understand it by answering questions, this is called comprehension. You use comprehension skills all the time in everyday life. For example, when you work out what a ...