Notes on reading, research, and how we're building Cascade.

by Dr. Jack Dempsey, Director of Research Comprehension of the Written & Spoken Word By the time children start learning to read, they already possess the ability to understand most uses of their language(s). Not only do pre-literate children understand thousands of individual words, but they are also able to understand declarative sentences, requests, questions, and […]

Reading is a skill we are not born knowing how to do, yet it is arguably the most critical skill we can learn. Indeed, the most recent statistics from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey found that across 7 countries (including the US and Canada), adults with low reading ability were 2-3 times more […]

by Dr. Jack Dempsey, Director of Research When Evidence is Lacking Humans can be stubborn. We’re often not willing to change our mind until the right kind of evidence convinces us to. But what makes one piece of evidence, whether it’s testimony from a witness in a murder trial, observations of a person’s character, or results […]