No skill is more fundamental to our students’ education than reading. And no recent book has done more to advance our understanding of the neuroscience behind this so-critical skill than David Sousa’s How the Brain Learns to Read.

Top among the second edition’s many new features are:

Correlations to the Common Core State Standards

A new chapter on how to teach for comprehension

Much more on helping older struggling readers master subject-area content

Ways to tailor strategies to the unique needs of struggling learners

Key links between how the brain learns spoken and written language