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

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

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 ...

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 ...

A new bill seeks to require the 'science of reading' method, emphasizing phonics, in all California schools. Teachers unions and English learner advocates oppose the mandate, citing flexibility needs ...

Phonics is the understanding of how letters represent sounds and how to break down words while reading and put them together when writing. Decades of research found phonics instruction to be the ...

As an educator, I understand that the best way to teach literacy is through the science of reading. This approach outlines five essential components — phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency ...

The International Literacy Association (ILA) is a professional organization with a mission of connecting research and practice to continuously improve the quality of literacy instruction across the ...

There were two huge developments in the literacy world early this year. First, the emergence of a phonics program that could impact outcomes “dramatically.” Gains for 1 st graders from the ...

Memphis-Shelby County Schools is looking to improve student test results that rank near the bottom statewide and nationally. Here's how.

A grandmother from Menlo Park dubbed the “Paul Revere of the Reading Wars," she was a crusader for phonics instruction, which focuses on the relationships between the letters of written language and ...