Move over "Dick and Jane." A different approach to teaching kids how to read is on the rise. For decades, two schools of thought have clashed on how to best teach children to read, with passionate ...

Teaching methods have changed over recent years, particularly in the areas of reading and writing. The pendulum is swinging back, though, so phonics and cursive writing are turning up in lesson plans.

Balanced Literacy downplays structured phonics, where kids learn by memorizing letters' sounds. Is that why some are ...

Regarding the March 12 editorial “Yes, U.S. children should be hooked on phonics”: I am a volunteer with Reading Partners, tutoring children at elementary schools in D.C. to bring them to grade-level ...

An influential researcher in the science of reading movement is warns schools may be "overteaching" the skill.

Shows the current primary school core curriculum program for teaching children to read and acquire other literacy skills. Designations as phonics-based versus whole language were made by Ed Reports, a ...

To the editor: Education professor Allison Briceño fears overemphasizing foundational skills such as phonics will take time away from writing, favor already advantaged children and ignore the needs of ...

For decades, two schools of thought have clashed on how to best teach children to read, with passionate backers on each side of the so-called reading wars. Michael Crowder, 11, reads during an ...

Phonics is the base for learning English. Unfortunately, it was cast aside during the whole-language movement. (“‘I Literally Cried': Teachers Describe Their Transition to Science-Based Reading ...

March 5, 2026 - Teachers are striking for better pay, benefits and class size. But school districts say their budgets are extremely tight and they’re contemplating layoffs. My post doc after finishing ...

Rahm Emanuel is spot on in his op-ed, “The ‘Mississippi Marathon’ Is Teaching Kids to Read” (Jan. 22).I began school in 1960 and learned how to read through phonics. In the 1980s when I started my ...

Readers discuss an article about a trend back to emphasizing phonics. To the Editor: Re “She Helped Transform Reading Lessons. Now She’s Backtracking” (front page, May 22): As an educator for 30-plus ...