To argue that schools are over-teaching phonics is to risk being seen as a naysayer—someone who believes the tide will ...

The “science of reading” is a body of knowledge referring to how students learn to sound out words, learn vocabulary, and read increasingly sophisticated texts. More teachers are being encouraged to ...

Delgado is the director of Texas initiatives for the English Learners Success Forum. With over 30 years of experience in ...

While high-quality literacy instruction has remained a cornerstone of education leaders’ priorities, this year, the science of reading has dominated classrooms and discussions around instructional ...

The science of reading is being taught in classrooms across Ohio, but the state’s education department stresses it will ...

To the editor: Education professor Allison Briceño fears overemphasizing foundational skills such as phonics will take time away from writing, favor already advantaged children and ignore the needs of ...

In recent op-eds and comments by Sacramento journalists and Fresno Unified school board members, there have been calls for reforming how we teach reading in our schools and for utilizing the “science” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This article was originally published in EdNC. North Carolina is one of several states that have passed legislation in recent ...

Corrected, May 23, 2024: An earlier version of this article erroneously presented synthetic phonics and the science of reading as synonymous terms. The headline and body copy have been updated to ...

HOUSTON – There have been a lot of changes since the state-appointed superintendent Mike Miles took over the Houston Independent School District and introduced the NES model to several campuses. Since ...

This month marks the five-year anniversary of the World Health Organization's declaration that COVID-19 was a pandemic. That announcement shuttered school buildings and launched millions of students ...