A good many public figures maintain that the way to raise reading scores is to require that all children learn reading by the method known as “phonics.” ‘He had frogtank where he had hidden it,” reads ...

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 ...

Editor's note: With low reading proficiency scores across the state, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin is exploring the causes and consequences of low literacy. This article is part of the By the Book ...

New York's youngest students may soon see a renewed focus on phonics, as the pendulum in the age-old debate over how to teach reading swings toward the so-called "science of reading." Gov. Kathy ...

Inspired by a “student-centred” approach to learning — in line with the “constructivism” philosophy of education woven through her university course — she set about creating an aesthetically pleasing ...

An open letter is sent to the Education Secretary calling for changes in how children are taught in England, with less time spent on 'synthetic phonics' - which involves sounding out combinations of ...

In what appears to be a first, the state Department of Public Instruction is endorsing "explicit phonics instruction" as a critical component in teaching children to read. And the department said ...

In 2018, just 43 per cent of Year 1 students met the expected achievement level, rising to 52 per cent in 2019. This year, 63 per cent of state school students demonstrated phonics skills at the ...

But as teaching philosophies fall in and out of favour, it can be confusing when focus falls on an unfamiliar method. Phonics is the new in vogue technique, which means teaching the relationship ...

Readers were highly engaged in stories about reading strategies, and the impact of deep federal cuts to education programs.

Teachers will have access to greater resources to adopt a mandated phonics based approach to reading for prep to grade two students following a reported government deal with the teachers union. It’s ...