With new literacy curriculum, 91% of kindergarten students performed at or above grade level at the end of the 2024-25 school ...

For comparison, Mississippi implemented phonics-based teaching with accountability several years ago. In 2024, Mississippi fourth-graders outperformed California’s on reading proficiency. With ...

Broadly speaking, there are two different issues that get intertwined together in the “kids can’t read” narrative. The first ...

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

A local school is celebrating its "excellent" results in a national test. Hartford Infant and Preschool School in Sapley Road, Huntingdon, has said it is "over the moon" after having good results in ...

The phonics adoption comes after months of internal review and teacher feedback, Molinar said. She described the shift as critical for helping students who missed strong early phonics instruction. The ...

The school board also approved, in a 7-2 vote, a new phonics program for students in kindergarten through third grade that is connected to a larger, controversial state curriculum: Bluebonnet ...

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.

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.

I had an earlier career before I became a journalist. I was a teacher at Shalom High School, an alternative school (long before the start of school choice) whose students were mostly Milwaukee ...

Nearly 60% of third-graders aren’t reading at grade level. A new bill would require schools to use a phonics-based approach to teach students ...

Nearly 60% of third graders aren’t reading at grade level. A new bill would require schools to use a phonics-based approach to teach students.