Who are we?

Cognitive scientist Maryanne Wolf reminds us in the opening lines of her book, Proust and the Squid that human beings were never born to read, yet all too often, we may take the act of reading and the process of learning to read for granted. We believe that opportunities to read need to be intentionally created through provision of resources, design of both formal and informal of learning environments and training of those who support reading.

The Reading by Design initiative helmed by researchers and educators from the National Institute of Education, and in collaboration with the Curriculum Planning and Development Division at the Ministry of Education, aims to provide evidence-based research to help educators, researchers and the community to support engaged reading across the lifespan.