A child’s individual differences, skills and experience matter a lot in the learning process, and learning to read is no exception. That’s why new legislation based on the erroneous assumption that ...

All Ohio schools will teach the science of reading this school year in an attempt to bring up literacy rates across the state. Gov. Mike DeWine is a huge proponent of this phonics-based approach to ...

English learners need foundational skills like phonics and vocabulary in addition to instruction in speaking and understanding English and connections to their home languages. Those are two agreements ...

California’s largest teachers union has moved to put the brakes on legislation that mandates instruction, known as the “science of reading,” that spotlights phonics to teach children to read. The move ...

Young English learners face a two-fold challenge in learning to read. They need to learn how to map spoken sounds to written letters, the phonics skills that allow them to decode words on the page, ...

Sign up for The Morning Report with all your must-read news for the day. On a balmy afternoon, teachers at Johnson Elementary gathered in one of the school’s ...

With the recent release of the National Assessment of Educational Progress results, some may be tempted to make sweeping curricular changes or bemoan the state of education after seeing a decline in ...

A dozen college students are saying the word "pat" and jotting down notes about the sounds being made. "Puh - AH - tt" Pay attention to the shapes your mouths make as you pronounce the word, instructs ...

Drexel University's School of Education is excited to welcome producer, writer, and star of “Hopeville: How to Win the Reading Wars,” Harvey Hubbell, as he shares his film and leads a post-film panel ...