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

Five years after the pandemic forced children into remote instruction, two-thirds of U.S. fourth graders still cannot read at ...

The new bill, AB 1121, would require all schools to use a method based on the so-called “science of reading,” which emphasizes phonics. Last year, an almost identical bill died in the Assembly after ...

whole-language theory holds that learning to read and write English is analogous ... learning and boring phonics is at the heart of the whole-language ethos. In his 1986 book about reading ...

A grandmother from Menlo Park dubbed the “Paul Revere of the Reading Wars," she was a crusader for phonics instruction ... The State Board of Education adopts the English Language Arts/English ...

Yet those numbers revealed only the slightest boosts, with a paltry 47% of California students meeting or exceeding English standards ... public schools to use phonics-based reading curriculum ...

Presenter 1: When the words get tricky, phonics get all sticky, blending them together doesn't work the same. You can see that all tricky words don't look the way they should be heard. Presenter 2 ...

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

Students who aren’t native English speakers need a more flexible approach to reading, the group said. Reading programs that are heavily focused on phonics are too narrow and confusing for ...

Students who aren't native English speakers need a more flexible approach to reading, the group said. Reading programs that are heavily focused on phonics are too narrow and confusing for students ...

Can you spell deja vu? 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 ...