The once-abandoned instructional approach is back in place in South Dakota in hopes of improving students’ reading comprehension.

A proposed law would require schools to use the phonics-based approach to teach reading. Critics say it harms English learners.

South Dakota officially took a step in a better direction Monday when the state’s Board of Education Standards approved revisions to English Language standards that’ll embrace the use of phonics ...

It’s out with the new and in with the old again for students in South Dakota’s English and Language Arts classrooms.

More than half of third-graders did not meet the state’s bar for reading proficiency last spring, while fourth- and ...

The battle over the best way to teach children how to read has re-erupted in the California Legislature, as dueling factions ...

This Forest of Dean school is a family first place where kindness leads learning and phonics helps readers grow ...

The battle over the best way to teach children how to read has re-erupted in the California Legislature, as dueling factions haggle over a bill that would mandate a phonics-based style of reading ...

Lawmakers in some states are trying to ban the "cueing" approach, which asks students to rely on pictures or context clues to ...