Phonics is the base for learning English. Unfortunately, it was cast aside during the whole-language movement. (“‘I Literally Cried': Teachers Describe Their Transition to Science-Based Reading ...

Stanford Professor Rebecca Silverman discusses a transformative movement backed by research that is changing literacy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New York's youngest students may soon see a renewed focus on phonics, as the pendulum in the age-old debate over how to teach ...

Phonics is a method that teaches children how to read by linking letters together based on sound groups. Together, these alphabetical combinations can aid children to easily begin pairing them by ...

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday that she will try to throw out the current way reading is taught and require all schools to teach phonics, a once widely used system that has had a rebirth ...

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 ...

Not everyone is happy about efforts to help students learn to read well. But the group isn’t upset over the fact that so many children are struggling with this basic and vital skill. Rather, it’s ...

Kindergarten students Gabby Kim, left, and Ellie Such answer questions on a literacy lesson at Mark Twain Elementary School in Long Beach. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) To the editor: In 1970 ...

New York's youngest students may soon see a renewed focus on phonics, as the pendulum in the age-old debate over how to teach reading swings toward the so-called "science of reading." Gov. Kathy ...