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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.

Mahathir is now on record as saying that Malay unity unravelled under his successors, which is not accurate. Semangat 46, the Umno splinter group, was formed during the premiership of Mahathir.

More than 700 people took part in Himpunan Melayu Berdaulat, a pro-Malay rally, near the Sogo shopping complex today to voice their dissatisfaction with the government’s alleged shortcomings on ...

A coalition of Malay and Islamic NGOs plans to hold a rally in Kuala Lumpur on May 24 to protest the government’s alleged failure to defend the interests of Malay-Muslims in Malaysia.

Malaysia is reportedly seeking the extradition of former Goldman Sachs partner Tim Leissner. Bloomberg via Getty Images. Leissner, a former Goldman Sachs partner, was married to fashion ...

The original proposal would have mandated phonics instruction in K-12 classrooms. The latest version makes that optional. We're now home to seven San Diego Community Newspaper Group newspapers.

For decades, K-12 schools have wandered away from a time-tested, research-based method of teaching reading: phonics. Student scores have plunged to historic lows, but some states are turning back ...

Every school district in New York must revert to teaching phonics in grades pre-K through third, starting this fall, the Board of Regents decided Monday.

Phonics — explicit literacy teaching focusing on the sounds in words — is being introduced into the Victorian curriculum despite resistance from the Australian Education Union.

The 700-student school in Melbourne’s south-east says teaching phonics helped make it the state’s best performing government school on NAPLAN scores last year, with an average score of 580.2.