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New York's youngest students may soon see a renewed focus on phonics, as the pendulum in the age-old debate over how to teach reading swings toward the so-called "science of reading." Gov. Kathy ...

Despite bipartisan enthusiasm, California’s latest splurge on phonics promises to be another train wreck.

A teacher works with sixth- and seventh-graders on a phonics lesson in Poway, Calif., in January 2020. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune) To the editor: English is a phonetic language, so ...

WASHINGTON — Back in the 1980s, when Mary Pat Donoghue completed her bachelor’s degree in elementary education, “Units of Study for Teaching Reading” was a popular new program that celebrated children ...

The Golden State is now following the Magnolia State’s phonics success.

This article was originally published in CalMatters. Can you spell deja vu? The battle over the best way to teach children how to read has re-erupted in the California Legislature, as dueling factions ...

Marion Joseph died in 2022 and therefore cannot celebrate what at long last is happening in California to improve children’s abysmal levels of reading comprehension. Joseph, a renowned expert on ...

Former teacher and mother Shecondria Duncan has launched Neurostars Phonics Factory in Macon to help children with autism and ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Marion Joseph died in 2022 and therefore cannot celebrate what at long last is happening in California to improve ...