California’s reading wars may finally be over. After decades of debate over how to teach reading, a new bill aims to use phonics to solve the state’s literacy crisis.

Kids can’t learn phonics or any other academic skill if they are not in school. What about poverty and hunger? We know that kids who do poorly on standardized reading tests tend to come from the ...

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A primary school in Peterborough has been awarded for its phonics teaching – helping young pupils to learn the sounds of ...

Nearly 6 in 10 third graders scored below grade level on California’s reading tests during most of the last decade.

Synthetic phonics has always played a role in teaching children how to read, alongside other methods. However, following recommendations by former headteacher and Ofsted Chief Inspector Sir Jim ...

Benjamin Adlard Primary School sees all its Year 1 children achieve 100% success in phonics tests for the second year running ...

Children in the Republic of Ireland and Canada, where synthetic phonics isn’t as central, outperform their British peers in reading. And in general, England’s PIRLS scores – as well as other data – ...

Children aged 6 are tested in phonics and the results are entered into the national pupil database, with those data used to hold the schools and teachers to account.

When I became Victoria’s Education Minister 12 months ago, little did I know I’d be stepping into a half century-long policy debate about how we teach our kids the basics of reading.