But as the science of reading movement has spread, researchers and advocates have taken aim at this method—and more generally, the idea of using “sight word” lists as an instructional tool.

At the same time, several more states have passed laws mandating that schools teach the “science of reading”—laws that would affect curricula and materials.

Letters to the Editor: No, the ‘science of reading’ isn’t just about teaching phonics Gov. Gavin Newsom reads a book to kindergarteners at the Washington Elementary School in Sacramento in 2019.

A second grade student goes over sight words at Viewmont Elementary School in Hickory, N.C. Credit: Ariel Gilreath for The Hechinger Report. Lenoir-Rhyne, a small school with about 100 undergraduate ...

As California pushes schools to adopt research-based approaches to teaching children how to read, often called the “science of reading,” some teachers and advocates for English learners have expressed ...

The shots include appropriate focus on word-level reading with explicit teaching of spelling, handwriting, and phonics following the science of reading practices. References Ehri, L. C. (2014).

The science of reading is especially crucial for struggling readers, but school curricula and programs that train teachers have been slow to embrace it. The approach began to catch on before ...

One of the longest-running education debates — commonly referred to as a war — has been over how to teach reading. It started in the 1800s, when Horace Mann, often called “the father of ...

New York's youngest students may soon see a renewed focus on phonics, as the pendulum in the age-old debate over how to teach reading swings toward the so-called "science of reading." Gov. Kathy ...

At least 32 states and the District of Columbia have passed science of reading laws since 2013, 18 of them in 2021 and 2022, according to a recent tally by Education Week, a schools-focused ...