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

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Compared with today’s structured literacy and standardised testing, the 1953 reading syllabus was a remarkably ...

A driver plowed into a daycare center on Chicago's Southwest Side Tuesday afternoon. A silver sport-utility vehicle smashed ...

Heron Primary has just aced its Ofsted inspection thanks to a caring culture, outstanding teaching, and a serious focus on ...

“This will be a really good thing for California kids ... centered on phonics-focused literacy instruction, which includes vocabulary, comprehension, the ability to sound words out and ...