Four decades after education reformer Marian Joseph pushed phonics in schools to change the way young readers learn, ...

Nearly 60% of third-graders aren’t reading at grade level. A new bill would require schools to use a phonics-based approach to teach students ...

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

For decades, schools dropped phonics-based models in favor of memorization. This half-baked idea was implemented throughout the country with disastrous results.

It’s easy to be glib in describing these reading wars. Everyone agrees that phonics are necessary, and everyone also agrees that phonics are not enough.

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.

There are alternatives to England’s focus on synthetic phonics, which teaches children to decode words by learning the relationship between letters and sounds.

New York City officials said Tuesday that the city will require all of its elementary schools to employ phonics programs in teaching children to read, saying alternate systems that have been in ...

Every school district in New York must revert to teaching phonics in grades pre-K through third, starting this fall, the Board of Regents decided Monday.

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 Education ...

Victoria has just announced all government schools will be required to use phonics to teach reading from next year.

California is legislating reading instruction to emphasize phonics as a foundational skill. Educators discuss the best ways to teach literacy in the state.