As Yale Teaching Fellow Erin Knapps helps her students sound out words, under the mentorship of veteran East Rock educator Jennifer Ryalls.

Move over "Dick and Jane." A different approach to teaching kids how to read is on the rise. For decades, two schools of thought have clashed on how to best teach children to read, with passionate ...

These strategies help connect movements to phonics instruction, giving kids another way to absorb the crucial information.

Peek inside a kindergarten, first-grade, or second-grade classroom at Midland Public Schools any day of the week, and you’re guaranteed to see adorable kiddos and a flurry of activity. What you’re ...

4:16 p.m. June 2, 2025: An earlier version of this report incorrectly said teaching phonics was new to Long Beach Unified. Some phonics has been taught in the district for years, but a new focus on ...

California took a big step toward overhauling its reading curriculum last week when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill pushing for phonics-based instruction in elementary and middle school classrooms.

Sound it out. Ph-o-n-i-c-s. You use the fundamental skill every day. Fort Worth ISD students, however, are not receiving enough instruction to master phonics, district officials said. As part of a ...

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Students in class at Lake Marie Elementary School in Whittier, on Nov. 17, 2022. (Photo by Lauren Justice/For Cal Matters) This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California took a big step toward overhauling its reading curriculum last week when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill ...