As California launches a new literacy campaign, some advocates worry that for English learners, a focus on sounding out words will come at the expense of learning the meaning of words. State ...

A good many public figures maintain that the way to raise reading scores is to require that all children learn reading by the method known as “phonics.” ‘He had frogtank where he had hidden it,” reads ...

MPS is equipping students with early literacy skills and confidence to tackle increasingly complex reading and writing tasks, ...

Since 2010, five and six year-old children in England have been taught to read using a particular variant of “systematic phonics”. “Phonics” describes methods of teaching reading that emphasise ...

Move over "Dick and Jane." A different approach to teaching kids how to read is on the rise. For decades, two schools of thought have clashed on how to best teach children to read, with passionate ...

Evidence-based reading research, or what many refer to as the Science of Reading, has been a much-discussed topic within the literacy landscape for the past few years. While it may seem like the “next ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California took a big step toward overhauling its reading curriculum last week when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill ...

To look inside Julie Celestial’s kindergarten classroom in Long Beach is to peer into the future of reading in California. During a recent lesson, 25 kindergartners gazed at the whiteboard, trying to ...

California took a big step toward overhauling its reading curriculum last week when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill pushing for phonics-based instruction in elementary and middle school classrooms.