South Carolina schools are going all in on the "science of reading," an approach to teaching reading that's largely focused ...

Phonics strategies begin by teaching children to recognize letters and make their corresponding sounds. Then they advance to manipulating and blending first-letter sounds to read and write simple, ...

I sat in my first PTA meeting over 35 years ago as a principal proudly proclaimed that our children would no longer need to learn using “old-fashioned” strategies like phonics and memorization.

The idea that the “science” in reading instruction only supports phonics instruction has been “hard to dislodge,” said Maria ...

New phonics-based reading curricula have been implemented in districts across the country, along with advocacy efforts and ...

The original proposal would have mandated phonics instruction in K-12 classrooms. The latest version makes that optional.

Phonics programs often require memorizing word families in word lists. This works well for some children: Research shows that "decoding" strategies such as phonics can support low-achieving ...