Long regarded as the enemy of literacy, comic books and graphic novels are increasingly useful as a way of improving reading skills among otherwise reluctant students, young and old On a cold ...

A new paper from the New England Reading Association Journal explores the usefulness of graphic novels and other nontext-only media for encouraging adolescent struggling readers across subjects. A ...

Comics exploded in America during the 1940s. This is referred to as the Golden Age in comics when everything was about heroes and superheroes. The now iconic Batman and Superman lead the way in ...

Experts say every kid should read for at least 15 minutes a day. A University of Windsor professor says comic books are a good way to encourage kids to meet that suggested requirement and keep them ...

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-975477.mp3 Albany, NY – In today's Academic Minute, Dr. Katie Monnin of the University of North ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — Who’s your favorite comic book character? There’s a genre of comic books that’s gaining in popularity. They’re called graphic novels. Where comics provide short episodic segments, ...

“Fortune favors the prepared mind,” as Louis Pasteur once said. So as school revs up this month, so do SAT prep classes. Students might be surprised, however, at the amount of time dedicated to visual ...

One of the coolest things San Diego has to offer each Comic-Con is its annual off-site side-fling, programmed by the San Diego Public Library: the Comic Conference for Educators and Librarians. The ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- In the city's southeast neighborhoods, an eager group of young adults are building skills for the future through AAMA's Work and Learn Center, and soon, you can too. The Association ...

SINGAPORE — The Media Literacy Council (MLC) has apologised for a Facebook post with a graphic which described satire as a type of fake news, after netizens pointed out that the graphic was fake news ...