DANIEL T. WILLINGHAM, PHD, is professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. His bestselling first book, Why Don't Students Like School?, was hailed as "brilliant analysis" by The Wall Street Journal and "a triumph" by The Washington Post, recommended by scores of education-related magazines and blogs, and translated into many languages. His second book, When Can You Trust the Experts? How to Tell Good Science from Bad in Education, was named recommended reading by Nature and Scientific American, and made Choice's list of outstanding academic titles for 2013. His companion to this book, Raising Kids Who Read, garnered recognition from NPR and Learning & the Brain. Willingham writes a regular column called Ask the Cognitive Scientist for the American Federation of Teachers' magazine, American Educator. In 2017, Willingham was named by President Obama to the National Board for Education Sciences. He received a BA from Duke University and a PhD from Harvard University.

• Tables and Figures xiiiAbout the Author xvAcknowledgment xviiIntroduction: The Chicken Milanese Problem 11 On Your Marks 132 Sound it Out 273 Reading at a Glance 554 Words, Words, Words 775 Reading Comprehension 1056 Becoming a Reader 1357 Reading After the Digital Revolution 159Conclusion: The Utility of Theory 187Works Cited 201Index 229

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DANIEL T. WILLINGHAM, PHD, is professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. His bestselling first book, Why Don't Students Like School?, was hailed as "brilliant analysis" by The Wall Street Journal and "a triumph" by The Washington Post, recommended by scores of education-related magazines and blogs, and translated into many languages. His second book, When Can You Trust the Experts? How to Tell Good Science from Bad in Education, was named recommended reading by Nature and Scientific American, and made Choice's list of outstanding academic titles for 2013. His companion to this book, Raising Kids Who Read, garnered recognition from NPR and Learning & the Brain. Willingham writes a regular column called Ask the Cognitive Scientist for the American Federation of Teachers' magazine, American Educator. In 2017, Willingham was named by President Obama to the National Board for Education Sciences. He received a BA from Duke University and a PhD from Harvard University.

• Tables and Figures xiiiAbout the Author xvAcknowledgment xviiIntroduction: The Chicken Milanese Problem 11 On Your Marks 132 Sound it Out 273 Reading at a Glance 554 Words, Words, Words 775 Reading Comprehension 1056 Becoming a Reader 1357 Reading After the Digital Revolution 159Conclusion: The Utility of Theory 187Works Cited 201Index 229

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DANIEL T. WILLINGHAM, PHD, is professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. His bestselling first book, Why Don't Students Like School?, was hailed as "brilliant analysis" by The Wall Street Journal and "a triumph" by The Washington Post, recommended by scores of education-related magazines and blogs, and translated into many languages. His second book, When Can You Trust the Experts? How to Tell Good Science from Bad in Education, was named recommended reading by Nature and Scientific American, and made Choice's list of outstanding academic titles for 2013. His companion to this book, Raising Kids Who Read, garnered recognition from NPR and Learning & the Brain. Willingham writes a regular column called Ask the Cognitive Scientist for the American Federation of Teachers' magazine, American Educator. In 2017, Willingham was named by President Obama to the National Board for Education Sciences. He received a BA from Duke University and a PhD from Harvard University.

• Tables and Figures xiiiAbout the Author xvAcknowledgment xviiIntroduction: The Chicken Milanese Problem 11 On Your Marks 132 Sound it Out 273 Reading at a Glance 554 Words, Words, Words 775 Reading Comprehension 1056 Becoming a Reader 1357 Reading After the Digital Revolution 159Conclusion: The Utility of Theory 187Works Cited 201Index 229

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