An influential researcher in the science of reading movement is warns schools may be "overteaching" the skill.

Move over "Dick and Jane." A different approach to teaching kids how to read is on the rise. For decades, two schools of thought have clashed on how to best teach children to read, with passionate ...

Chad Aldeman has long been steeped in the education policy world. Yet he was still caught off-guard when he realized that his son wasn’t sounding out new words by the time he was in 1st grade but was ...

Sound it out. Ph-o-n-i-c-s. You use the fundamental skill every day. Fort Worth ISD students, however, are not receiving enough instruction to master phonics, district officials said. As part of a ...

Students in class at Lake Marie Elementary School in Whittier, on Nov. 17, 2022. (Photo by Lauren Justice/For Cal Matters) This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their ...

Since the school district implemented a new phonics program in Bradley Elementary School, 80% of the kids are now reading above grade level.

Jefferson County Public Schools will revisit how it teaches students to read and by next year will roll out a new reading curriculum required for all district elementary schools, according to ...

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. David Reinking and David Yaden are former ...

January 29, 2026 - In 1985, Merryl Goldberg went to the Soviet Union and met The Phantom Orchestra. To help them she made up a secret code, hidden in sheet music. My post doc after finishing my degree ...

Patti Ghezzi covered education for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution from 1996 until 2006. In a guest column today, Ghezzi writes about the big story she says she missed while covering Georgia schools ...

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California took a big step toward overhauling its reading curriculum last week when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill pushing for phonics-based instruction in elementary and middle school classrooms.