There’s a strong link between students’ content knowledge and reading ability. But as students encounter increasingly complex text, they’ll also confront the different ways that experts in each discipline communicate. Scientists present their ideas differently from historians and literary critics, and texts in each of those fields make unique demands on the reader.

In our latest reading report, Education Week looks at the idea of literacy across disciplines, and the role teachers play in helping students understand and communicate deeply—lessons that will connect to success in postsecondary, work, and beyond.