In fact, some of the most common English words are nonphonetic. For example, the words to and do do not rhyme with so or go.

We need better teacher training, the right materials, and engaging literacy-rich programs for schools, writes Angélica ...

The first five years of a child’s life are foundational ones, brimming with opportunities for learning, growth, and discovery ...

Reading ability among young people is declining, and it is the most vulnerable students who are hardest hit, according to ...

Sold a Story, a podcast by American Public Media, reported that Calkins’ curriculum had deemphasized phonics-based instruction, which is widely understood as crucial to teaching kids to read.

Only 30% of eighth graders across the U.S. are proficient in reading, according to new data. But in the Diocese of Brooklyn, ...

Reading ability among young people is declining, and it is the most vulnerable students who are hardest hit, according to speech therapist and ...

Reading ability among young people is declining, and it is the most vulnerable students who are hardest hit, according to speech therapist and ...

John Parent sat in the kindergarten classroom in wonderment as he saw the "science of reading" paying off in October 2023. "They're reading CVC words, three-letter words with consonant-vowel-consonant ...

In 2024, 40% of Massachusetts 4th graders were reading at or above grade level, according to The Nation’s Report Card. 25 ...

Peak Johnson writes that he never wanted to teach children — until he spent time tutoring the young students at Frankford's ...

I had a surprisingly positive middle school English experience. I remember my teacher holding “A Separate Peace” aloft, ...