The results are “dramatic,” said Devin Kearns, a professor in early literacy at North Carolina State University, who was not involved with the study. Gains from UFLI are equivalent to 8 months of ...

"More than half of Massachusetts third-grade students are not proficient readers. Stop and take that in," write two education ...

Teachers will be able to upskill for free with a new microcredential course focused on teaching phonics, launched by the University of Adelaide.The ...

The new microcredential will help teachers learn how to teach synthetic phonics in a systematic and explicit way ...

I got a post-doctoral fellowship to pursue my research while continuing to teach half-time. This required finding another teacher to share a classroom. Our first meeting was not auspicious. She was ...

Play-Doh to teach phonics so they understand the relationship between letters and sounds. Dramatic play to teach comprehension since acting out stories can help kids better understand them. To me, ...

In response to our story about Illinois' renewed emphasis on teaching reading with phonics, dozens of you wrote to tell us how you learned to read. What you're saying: Though a few readers liked ...

Phonics instruction is still a part of this kind of teaching methodology but in a less structured manner. Instead of teaching phonics sequentially, teachers might discuss letter-sound ...

More than 4,300 teachers from across the country have registered their interest in upskilling in phonics via a new and free ...