English learners are sometimes an afterthought in 'science of reading' policies. Some educators want to change that.

California took a big step toward overhauling its reading curriculum last week when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill pushing for phonics-based instruction in elementary and middle school classrooms.

HOOKED ON PHONICS IXL, a K-12 learning platform that serves more than 6 million students worldwide, is expanding its phonics offerings for Pre-K to first graders. The new phonics content is aimed at ...

A simple, straightforward interface makes these two programs easy for kids to master on their own while delivering fun, educational activities. Friendly animals peer out of five portholes in a boat in ...

Decoding means to break down new words into sounds that are easier to recognise. The s, a, t, p sounds Help the wizards to make words and captions with s, a, t and p in this fun Stage 1 Phonics guide ...

New research has shown that learning to read by sounding out words (a teaching method known as phonics) has a dramatic impact on the accuracy of reading aloud and comprehension. There has been intense ...

Pre-first: watered-down first grade or souped-up kindergarten? A gift of time or a theft of opportunity? A gentle boost for students not quite ready for school or an elitist strategy by parents trying ...

A few years ago, I met a first-grade English learner in a bilingual program who was learning to read in Spanish. The student, who I’ll call Elena, and her mother were from Guatemala. Elena’s mother ...