An influential researcher in the science of reading movement is warns schools may be "overteaching" the skill.

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 ...

Phonics is a method that teaches children how to read by connecting letters based on sound groups. Together, through memory and practice, children can begin to easily sound out and blend words when ...

Shows the current primary school core curriculum program for teaching children to read and acquire other literacy skills. Designations as phonics-based versus whole language were made by Ed Reports, a ...

Reading time at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools' new Mint Hill Elementary School. I hate to admit this, but I learned almost as much about reading instruction from four hours of listening to “Sold a ...

At a meeting with parents in May, Elizabeth Phillips, a longtime principal at P.S. 321, a highly sought-after elementary school in Park Slope, didn’t mince words about the new reading curricula being ...

We know that many children are failing to learn to read in our nation’s classrooms. So it’s tempting to hope that tutoring by artificial intelligence could provide a solution. But how close are we to ...

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 ...

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 ...

K. Dara Hill does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

A new phonics program at Bradley Elementary School has resulted in 80% of students reading above grade level. The program from the University of Florida Literacy Institute focuses on decoding skills ...