English learners, she said, need schools to teach phonics hand-in-hand with oral language development and reading ...

We look forward to the day when these dismal reading proficiency scores are viewed as a scandal rather than encouraging news.

South Dakota officially took a step in a better direction Monday when the state’s Board of Education Standards approved revisions to English Language standards that’ll embrace the use of phonics ...

English learners, she said, need schools to teach phonics hand-in-hand with oral language development and reading comprehension in a way that’s specifically suited to second-language acquisition.

Yet those numbers revealed only the slightest boosts, with a paltry 47% of California students meeting or exceeding English standards ... public schools to use phonics-based reading curriculum ...