To look inside Julie Celestial’s kindergarten classroom in Long Beach is to peer into the future of reading in California. During a recent lesson, 25 kindergartners gazed at the whiteboard ...

We know that most pre-kindergarten programs do a good job of improving ' specific skills like phonics and counting, as well as broader social and emotional behaviors, by the time students enter ...

In kindergarten through second grade, the phonics program focuses on "foundational literacy skills, including oral language, print concepts, phonological awareness, phonics, word recognition, and ...