EdSource · A mentorship program fights for survival under the Trump administration Controversies over how best to teach children to read go back many years. Most recently, two questions have emerged ...

To the editor: In 1970, I was a student teacher and then a second-grade teacher in New York. I later became a learning and reading specialist and taught the teachers. Throughout my training, I learned ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What is the appropriate role of phonics in reading instruction? The role of phonics in reading instruction is often debated: how big, how small, and how should it be ...

Lawrence Public Library, pictured Aug. 20, 2015. Phonics is the key to unlocking literacy skills among Lawrence K-12 students, according to educator Barbara Mullen, and the use of other methods to ...

Marion Joseph died last month in Walnut Creek and while her passing received only scant attention in California media, it rated a lengthy obituary in the New York Times. Why? Because she was a ...

A FEW MONTHS ago, we considered reading by 9 months. How about reading by 19 years? That’s the daunting task facing middle and high school teachers who increasingly encounter illiterate teen-agers. It ...