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 ...

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

Few decisions a society makes are as consequential as how it teaches children to read. Children who can’t read proficiently ...

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

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

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.

The phonics screening check is a statutory assessment in all of England’s state-funded primary schools - meaning children have to do it. Pupils sit the test at the end of Year 1, when most of ...