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.

“We are now adopting the Bluebonnet phonics component. So the reading is split into skills and knowledge. Skills is the ...

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

How phonics is making a comeback as millions of kids struggle to read "I will get teared up because I think I can't read," fourth grader Raven said.

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 ...

Phonics for Kids: Learn Short & Long A Sounds with Letter Tiles. Posted: March 10, 2025 | Last updated: March 23, 2025 "The Vowel A" teaches viewers about the short and long sounds of the vowel ...

Submit your letter to the editor via this form.Read more Letters to the Editor.. Phonics alone won’t get kids reading. Re: “Far too many California children can’t read” (Page A7, June 17 ...

To the editor: Along the lines of using phonics to teach children how to read, I would observe that a large number of children in California schools have homes where English is not the first language.

“Kids are not being taught how to read because for decades teachers have been sold an idea about reading and how children learn to do it,” Emily Hanford, a public radio journalist who for ...

ANTI-PHONICS FROM THE START. I loved visiting classrooms where teachers taught reading in an immersive way, by having children write and illustrate stories, make books, and study children’s ...