More than 45,000 Queensland Year 1 students are set to undertake compulsory phonics testing later this term with targeted support provided to at “risk kids”.

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.

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.

Amos: Too many California kids can’t read. Will phonics help? Nearly 6 in 10 third graders scored below grade level on California’s reading tests during most of the last decade ...

The Department for Education has now released the results of the 2023/24 school year phonics screening check, a test children usually take in their very first year of school. It helps determine ...

There are alternatives to England’s focus on synthetic phonics, which teaches children to decode words by learning the relationship between letters and sounds.

A once-empty balcony at Harbertonford Primary is now a vibrant play world for Reception kids — all thanks to a small grant, ...

Children aged 6 are tested in phonics and the results are entered into the national pupil database, with those data used to hold the schools and teachers to account.

Lessons focus first and foremost on motivating children through use of real books – standard books written for children rather than texts specially produced for phonics schemes.

Letters 2 Literacy, a nonprofit that tutors students in literacy and phonics, was born after seeing students in her classroom struggle.

For many, the “science of reading” has become synonymous with phonics instruction. Politicians on both sides of the aisle have said the movement to align reading instruction with what the ...