At a minimum, schools should teach children to read. ... He estimates he’s spent about 30 minutes daily working in small groups, much of it on phonics, spelling and learning words.

ANTI-PHONICS FROM THE START. I loved visiting classrooms where teachers taught reading in an immersive way, by having children write and illustrate stories, make books, and study children’s ...

To the editor: Your articles and editorials about using phonics in instruction do not address the purposes of reading and the goal of parents and educators to help children become lifelong readers.

In 2023, 43% of Oakland County students, nearly 65,000 kids, fell into “the literacy gap,” according to Beyond Basic’s assessment of Michigan Department of Education reports.

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.

“The kids can’t read — nobody wants to just say that,” said Kareem Weaver, an activist with the N.A.A.C.P. in Oakland, Calif., who has framed literacy as a civil rights issue and stars in ...

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 ...

Synthetic phonics has always played a role in teaching children how to read, alongside other methods. However, following recommendations by former headteacher and Ofsted Chief Inspector Sir Jim ...

Children in the Republic of Ireland and Canada, where synthetic phonics isn’t as central, outperform their British peers in reading. And in general, England’s PIRLS scores – as well as other data – ...