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 ...

Almost half of Wyoming third graders tested below proficient in English and language arts last school year. A 2020 report to the Legislature declared those levels to be inadequate “for graduates to ...

There are many sounds in English that don’t exist in Spanish, and vice versa. Take the sound the letter “z” makes in English, or the rolled “r” in Spanish. In the Southside independent school district ...

As California wrestles with a statewide literacy crisis, a bill poised to hit Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk could fundamentally change the way students learn to read in California. The bill, AB 1454, would ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Gov. Mike DeWine is wading into the reading wars – the decades-long debate over how to teach children to read. In introducing his two-year budget proposal late last month, DeWine ...

Christine Braid consults as a literacy facilitator for Tātai Angitu, Massey University. She received funding from the Ministry of Education for a research project (2015-2017). James Chapman is quoted ...

The way children are taught to read in Ohio is being rethought because of both new state laws around dyslexia and the impact of the spring 2020 shutdown on student reading achievement scores. Across ...