She may surprise you and say that she agrees, and that she is about to bring more phonics into her lessons. Or she may say she doesn't agree. If so, go to the principal and then the district's ...

As a teacher in Oakland, Calif., Kareem Weaver helped struggling fourth- and fifth-grade kids learn to read by using a very structured, phonics-based reading curriculum called Open Court. It ...

The phonics-heavy Orton-Gillingham approach, long favored by dyslexia advocates and aggressively marketed to concerned parents, does not meet the U.S. Department of Education’s standards for ...

Q: Our son already was registered for junior kindergarten before we became aware that you believe in phonic-based reading instruction. He will be 5 in about three months. The private school we are … ...

Most children need help learning to read, but there’s long-standing disagreement on how best to help them. Decades of research have identified the most effective approaches.

South Carolina schools are going all in on the "science of reading," an approach to teaching reading that's largely focused on English's phonics.

In October 2022, Mississippi reported some exhilarating news. After the state started using phonics to teach reading in 2013, its fourth-grade reading scores jumped from 49th to 29th in the nation ...

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 ...

Aspects such as comprehension, engaging with real books, and writing activities, are all to be taught in different lessons. Yet my research and other studies have found that a more effective way of ...

Students at all Victorian state schools will be taught reading with the same method from next year. (ABC News: Jake Evans)Co-director of the La Trobe Science of Language and Reading Lab Pamela ...

Isolated phonics lessons aren’t working: here’s a better way to teach young children to read and write Published: May 28, 2024 7:55am EDT. Dominic Wyse, UCL. Author.