As a teacher in Oakland, Calif., Kareem Weaver helped struggling fourth- and fifth-grade kids learn to read by using a very structured, phonics-based reading curriculum called Open Court.

In eighth grade, about one-fourth of students do not read at what's considered the basic achievement level. That percentage stays about the same for high schoolers. Students learn phonics at ...

However, if the issue is more isolated (e.g., it affects only one classroom within a grade), then an individual teacher may need support on teaching phonics or on using the curriculum materials as ...

Literacy is at the core of education, and yet the number of students who can't read, or are below grade level ... rooted in phonics, with an emphasis on step-by-step instruction to sound out ...

Rauno Parrila's research on reading has been funded by the Social Sciences Research Council of Canada, Government of Alberta, Alberta Teachers' Association, Australian Research Council, Finnish ...