Building better readers should involve more than teaching the core components of early literacy—these five strategies are ...

By using research-supported practices, providing standards-aligned instruction, and immersing teachers in literacy training, MPS supports students’ journeys to becoming skilled readers.

Even though it’s the dog days of summer vacation, many schools across the country are getting ready to bring students back into the classroom — and that means giving serious thought to the best ways ...

Phonics is the base for learning English. Unfortunately, it was cast aside during the whole-language movement. (“‘I Literally Cried': Teachers Describe Their Transition to Science-Based Reading ...

Corrected, May 23, 2024: An earlier version of this article erroneously presented synthetic phonics and the science of reading as synonymous terms. The headline and body copy have been updated to ...

Readers discuss an article about a trend back to emphasizing phonics. To the Editor: Re “She Helped Transform Reading Lessons. Now She’s Backtracking” (front page, May 22): As an educator for 30-plus ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What is the appropriate role of phonics in reading instruction? The role of phonics in reading instruction is often debated: how big, how small, and how should it be ...

The Science of Reading emphasizes phonics but does it support Mike Miles' sidelining libraries and books in HISD schools? I ...

We’re exploring the declining skills and flagging enthusiasm for reading among American youth. One key cause can be traced back to how kids are taught to read in the earliest grades. Classic reading ...

GEOFFREY sits in the first-grade classroom, looking helplessly at his reading workbook. The words “Color six hens red” are merely clusters of meaningless shapes; he looks across at his neighbor’s work ...

Title pretty much says it all. I'm wondering if there are any reading skills, phonics, etc. type games on the DS. My daughter has a Japanese Thomas the Tank Engine game that has some basic Japanese ...