Missouri lawmakers have banned educators from leaning on a model of reading instruction called the “three-cueing” method as ...

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 ...

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.

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

Based on easily obtained public data online, it is clear to me that the California public school system is not properly ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

Now, as schools look to address low reading scores, phonics and other elements of the science of reading are getting fresh attention, fueled in part by a series of stories and podcasts by APM Reports.