California’s reading wars may finally be over. After decades of debate over how to teach reading, a new bill aims to use phonics to solve the state’s literacy crisis.

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Few decisions a society makes are as consequential as how it teaches children to read. Children who can’t read proficiently ...

Phonics was one of the tried and true methods that was used to teach reading back in the day (I’m almost 80). Even now, I use it to sound out new words that I come across.

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 phonics-based style of reading ...

Nearly 6 in 10 third graders scored below grade level on California’s reading tests during most of the last decade.

By contrast, science of reading includes a big dose of phonics, which is to say a kid learns the letter sounds — the consonants, vowels, the common combinations that we talked about, like “ca ...

For example, a teacher administered the Star Phonics assessment in her classroom at 9:00 a.m. She quickly discovered that about half of the class hadn’t mastered silent /e/. She pivoted her 9:30 ...

How phonics is making a comeback as millions of kids struggle to read "I will get teared up because I think I can't read," fourth grader Raven said. By Arthur Jones II , Tal Axelrod , and Jay O'Brien ...

The new bill, AB 1121, would require all schools to use a method based on the so-called "science of reading," which emphasizes phonics. Last year, an almost identical bill died in the Assembly ...

4:16 p.m. June 2, 2025: An earlier version of this report incorrectly said teaching phonics was new to Long Beach Unified. Some phonics has been taught in the district for years, but a new focus ...