A new curriculum teaches young children how to break down words by their sounds and then put them back together.

George W. Lehmann’s imaginative children’s story turns missing vowels into a village-wide problem that teaches the ...

A new phonics program at Bradley Elementary School has resulted in 80% of students reading above grade level. The program from the University of Florida Literacy Institute focuses on decoding skills ...

A Rochester Memorial School teacher is bringing new energy and innovative phonics strategies to her classroom after attending a national education conference, thanks to a grant from the Old Rochester ...

Since 2012, England has taken an increasingly narrow approach to how primary school teachers should teach reading. The policies on teaching reading have insisted that an approach called "systematic ...

Dominic Wyse currently receives funding from the Helen Hamlyn Trust and The Welsh Government. Since 2012, England has taken an increasingly narrow approach to how primary school teachers should teach ...

You write that “California Learns From Mississippi” (Review & Outlook, Sept. 27) on phonics, but I fear you give too much credit to Golden State legislators. Assembly Bill 2222, proposed in 2024, ...

First-grader Mary Greer shows her work during a phonics-based reading lesson at Hunt Valley Elementary School in Springfield, Virginia. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post) The “reading wars” that ...

There are few things people on both sides of the political aisle agree on nowadays, but one is that ditching phonics-based instruction for reading has been a disaster. Even California is now following ...

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, trying to ...

The state will establish a free professional development program for elementary teachers, library specialists and other faculty members. Schools will have to notify parents of children in those grades ...

Happiness isn’t a destination; it’s a synthesis. After years of working closely with people at the end of life, I’ve come to believe that happiness is not simply about feeling good, achieving success, ...