As ubiquitous as colored pencils and alphabet posters, lists of “sight words” have long been a fixture in kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms. These inventories identify some of the most commonly ...

Imagine living in the Stone Age without access to stone. Or in the Bronze Age without access to bronze. Without the currency of the era, how would you secure food? Build shelter? Stay clothed in the ...

For many, the “science of reading” has become synonymous with phonics instruction. Politicians on both sides of the aisle have said the movement to align reading instruction with what the research ...

Pennsylvania schools are preparing for a major change in how children are taught to read. For the 2027-28 school year, all ...

In classrooms across the country, teachers are rethinking how students build reading comprehension — not just how they decode words, but how they make meaning from text. That shift is part of a larger ...

Outside, it was summer, but inside John Lewis Elementary School in Macon, Ga. Quantesha Pittman was teaching third graders to build words. "What's that first sound again?" she asked the room of about ...

Sign up for The Morning Report with all your must-read news for the day. Betsy Hall stood at the front of a classroom at Johnson Magnet School in Emerald Hills. She ...

In October, the Washington Post declared the victory of phonics over whole language instruction. California was bowing to reality, joining red states like Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana in ...