The Fight Over Phonics Why American schools are changing how reading is taught.

Three reading experts challenge the current education orthodoxy about phonics instruction.

There’s a long and harmful tradition of linking phonics to conservative politics—and a recent New York Times story perpetuates it.

Teaching phonics is great and absolutely necessary, but beware of non-phonetic words such as those spelled with “ough” (tough, bough, ought, through, though).

You can find the Stage One Alphablocks clips here. The first key skill in phonics is to learn the letters and their sounds. This stage introduces the most common letters and the sounds they make.

In a guest column, three researchers delve into the reading wars that often pit whole language against phonics as the best approach for struggling readers.

Today, children are taught to read using phonics, which is all about the sounds that make up words. Children start by learning the letters and the sounds they make, and how to put them together to ...

Against a backdrop of plummeting test scores and grim pandemic learning loss, the science of reading has been gaining traction, but literacy experts warn there are myriad challenges ahead. Solving the ...

Teaching children to read isn’t easy and educators often feel strongly about what they think is the “right” way to teach this essential skill.

A common misconception is that “foundational skills” only means “phonics.” The truth is that the four areas are an integrated gestalt, greater than the sum of their parts.

Two Thirds of American Kids Can’t Read Fluently Phonics may be a popular way to teach reading, but it fails too many children By Marion Blank Myrleen Pearson/Alamy Stock Photo ...