Experts have released robust research to show that phonics should be taught hand-in-hand with reading and writing to encourage true literacy and a love of reading, not through narrow synthetic phonics ...

The “science of reading” movement has ended, at least for now, one great literacy debate: Policymakers, education leaders, ...

Since 2012, England has taken an increasingly narrow approach to how primary school teachers should teach reading. The policies on teaching reading have insisted that an approach called "systematic ...

To the editor: In 1970, I was a student teacher and then a second-grade teacher in New York. I later became a learning and reading specialist and taught the teachers. Throughout my training, I learned ...

Since 2010, five and six year-old children in England have been taught to read using a particular variant of “systematic phonics”. “Phonics” describes methods of teaching reading that emphasise ...

While reform around reading instruction continues to gain momentum, about a third of teachers are using "discredited" methods to teach kids how to read and aren't fully committed to the science of ...

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 ...

There’s a new debate over phonics instruction bubbling up in the “science of reading” movement—one that demonstrates the intricate challenges inherent in making large-scale instructional change. More ...

Move over "Dick and Jane." A different approach to teaching kids how to read is on the rise. For decades, two schools of thought have clashed on how to best teach children to read, with passionate ...

America’s kids aren’t learning how to read, a skill which forms the building blocks of nearly every other subject or discipline and a lifelong capacity for acquiring knowledge. That’s why it’s ...

In the constantly shifting world of academia, there’s a long-running debate over the best way to teach children to read. In one camp are educators who say reading is a natural skill that students ...

Experts have released robust research to show that phonics should be taught hand-in-hand with reading and writing to encourage true literacy and a love of reading, not through narrow synthetic phonics ...