The “reading wars” that raged in American schools for decades finally seem to be ending. The victor is clear: Phonics is the ...

The old ”look-say” method of teaching reading is now called ”whole language” and considered by some as superior to phonics. My experience in teaching primary grades a generation ago convinced me that ...

Mississippi’s focus on phonics and high standards has propelled it to the top in reading scores, outperforming richer states ...

Critics of Maryland’s public school systems urged legislators yesterday to “get back to basics” and pass a bill making phonics the state’s primary method of reading instruction. In sometimes emotional ...

Catholic schools are hooked on phonics. Over the decades — as fads in reading instruction have come and gone — Baltimore-area Catholic schools, like many other parochial schools across the nation, ...

The government has announced an updated Teaching and Learning Model for all state schools, to be implemented from next year, which focuses on what’s known as “explicit teaching”, with students from ...

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