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Nearly 60% of third-graders aren’t reading at grade level. A new bill would require schools to use a phonics-based approach to teach students ...

A new bill, AB 1121, would require all schools to use a method based on the so-called “science of reading,” which emphasizes ...

Year after year, millions of children fall behind in reading, and the consequences are profound: reduced lifetime earnings, ...

Fort Worth ISD students, however, are not receiving enough instruction to master phonics, district officials said. As part of a wide-sweeping district restructuring, phonics lessons will be ...

As a pediatric speech-language pathologist and a mother of a child in San Diego public schools, I’ve seen California’s early ...

Early childhood education, especially kindergarten, is crucial for developing literacy skills and a positive attitude towards ...

I can’t read.” When Sarah, a vivacious, animal-loving third grader, said this to me, my heart sank. Sarah struggled to read the books she loved about horses and wolves and ...

Hermiston High School students have been professionally trained in the science of reading and are leading small-group ...

MITCHELL — Amanuel Gemechis, a 14-year-old student at George S. Mickelson Middle School in Brookings, will represent South ...