WASHINGTON — Back in the 1980s, when Mary Pat Donoghue completed her bachelor’s degree in elementary education, “Units of Study for Teaching Reading” was a popular new program that celebrated children ...

In response to our story about Illinois' renewed emphasis on teaching reading with phonics, dozens of you wrote to tell us how you learned to read. What you're saying: Though a few readers liked whole ...

As schools around the nation scramble to respond to the alarm bells set off by falling scores on “the nation’s report card,” we—two university professors who teach reading courses and who are former ...

The reading skills of the poorest pupils in St Helens are worse than before the pandemic, new figures show. The Association of School and College Leaders said the long-term effects of Covid-19 and ...

Despite bipartisan enthusiasm, California’s latest splurge on phonics promises to be another train wreck.

Rep. Heather Edelson remembers her reaction when a reading specialist told her that her twin sons showed evidence of dyslexia. Because the learning disorder can be hereditary, the specialist asked, ...

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When teachers at Oatley West Public School noticed some pupils performed below reading expectations, they jumped at the chance to be part of a phonics trial in 2020. St George and Sutherland Shire ...

Teaching children literacy by using the sounds letters make speeds up their progress, a report says. Eleven-year-olds in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, who used the "synthetic phonics" method were three ...