Since 2012, England has taken an increasingly narrow approach to how primary school teachers should teach reading. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. The policies on ...

Test scores at 66 of the state’s lowest-performing schools strongly outpaced similar schools after educators adopted phonics-based instruction, offering some of the most compelling evidence to date ...

PEL Learning launched the PEL Phonics app to support early literacy by helping young learners practice phonograms, letter sounds, and pronunciation at home. HAYWARD, CA, UNITED STATES, January 2, 2026 ...

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 ...

As ubiquitous as colored pencils and alphabet posters, lists of “sight words” have long been a fixture in kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms. These inventories identify some of the most commonly ...

In 1955, Rudolph Flesch wrote a simple book, Why Johnny Can’t Read, in which he pointed out that education was failing simply because we were no longer teaching reading by using phonics. It seems no ...

The battle over the best way to teach children how to read has re-erupted in the California Legislature, as dueling factions haggle over a bill that would mandate a phonics-based style of reading ...

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 ...

With many parents wanting to give their kids a head start when it comes to reading, Phonics with Robert Reg, a phonics class ...