The extent of the illiteracy epidemic in Michigan and elsewhere demands more than simply switching curriculum materials in ...

Teachers unions oppose the reintroduction of phonics in reading education, despite evidence of its effectiveness compared to ...

But as they began to do research on literacy ... that the most effective way to teach literacy is through phonics, which ...

Don’t worry if you do this - it’s easy to change the ... Before this stage though, children have been learning phonics skills since they were born; differentiating between sounds such as ...

Children should first learn ... "We were neutral on phonics. Then the whole-language movement hijacked what we were doing." Before Honig noticed what was going on, California made a strong ...

Today, children are taught to read using phonics, which is all about the sounds ... it’s also a good idea to learn the letter names, which you can do with an alphabet song (and the ABC episode ...

Act 20 approved $50 million to be spent to help school districts statewide launch or increase “science of reading’ efforts.