California’s reading wars may finally be over. After decades of debate over how to teach reading, a new bill aims to use phonics to solve the state’s literacy crisis.

This story was originally published on EdSource. Next week, the unpopular teacher licensure test, the Reading Instruction ...

Nearly 6 in 10 third graders scored below grade level on California’s reading tests during most of the last decade.

“We are now adopting the Bluebonnet phonics component. So the reading is split into skills and knowledge. Skills is the ...

As a former reading specialist, I know that both phonics and memorization, “sight words,” are needed. If there were one system that worked, we’d all be using it. One system alone doesn’t work.

Too many of California’s children cannot read. Schools must do things differently to change that, and they should start with ...

Phonics was one of the tried and true methods that was used to teach reading back in the day (I’m almost 80). Even now, I use it to sound out new words that I come across.

Few decisions a society makes are as consequential as how it teaches children to read. Children who can’t read proficiently ...

An intriguing video making the rounds on social media has captured the moment a mother explained how she taught her child to ...

More students, however, are at risk of retention this year. A total of 6,470, or 11.6%, of Alabama third graders scored below ...

California's reading wars may finally be over. After decades of debate over how to teach reading, a new bill aims to use phonics to solve the state's literacy crisis.