Ed Scoop – Colin Wood
“A recent study conducted across 15 schools with large populations of low-income students is boasting that reading comprehension and engagement can be boosted substantially by increasing the size of the typeface in classroom reading materials. The research was conducted by Project Tomorrow, a nonprofit education organization commissioned by Thorndike Press, a publisher of large-print books. The findings include a broad range of benefits including reduced anxiety, improved concentration, heightened enjoyment and higher levels of information comprehension and retention.” (more)