The results are “dramatic,” said Devin Kearns, a professor in early literacy at North Carolina State University, who was not ...

The revision follows a global debate — often called the “reading wars” — about ... up its current voluntary training program on phonics-based teaching and transitioning to courses through ...

Strengthen Skills, Build Confidence, Enjoy Reading These single-grade programs teach key reading skills, from phonics and sight words for younger children to comprehension, reading speed, and textbook ...

A court-ordered, science-backed, phonics-based reading program for California’s 75 worst-performing schools cost of $1,144 per pupil per year, but increased educational attainment at one-third the ...

Mike DeWine has been pressing to use the phonics-based science of reading since early 2023 ... requirements if they have a state funded Pre-K program around training for preschool teachers ...

Nancy Ichinaga, the principal of an elementary school in the Los Angeles area that uses a phonics-based reading program, told me, "It's like learning a code; we like learning a secret code.

Simple words like "the" and "of" are everywhere, but don't follow regular phonics patterns. How should teachers approach them?

The Legislature two years ago passed Act 20, a bipartisan effort which forces schools to adopt a phonics-based literacy program to improve elementary reading proficiency statewide. Lawmakers also ...