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

By providing strategies that combine letter sounds with motions, teachers help students learn to decode words in the ways that work best for them.

Lawrence Public Library, pictured Aug. 20, 2015. Phonics is the key to unlocking literacy skills among Lawrence K-12 students, according to educator Barbara Mullen, and the use of other methods to ...

Northern New Jersey Mensa chapter expands access to proven materials that make reading easier for every child Oct. 10, 2025 / ...

To the editor: English is a phonetic language, so as soon as children learn letters and sounds, they can start to write simple messages. Most people go on to write well enough for practical purposes, ...

Without substantial reading skills, “the risk is that future generations will simply be unable to think as deeply and with as ...

As students head back to school across New York State, classrooms are also going back to basics. Following a 2024 decision from the Board of Regents, later written into the state budget, districts are ...

At a minimum, schools should teach children to read. But for years California’s elementary schools have been failing many of them. The results are so obvious even those who struggle to read can see ...

It’s fully within our power, so long as we insist on the basics, to give kids a skill absolutely essential to their ...

Elementary schools across the region are changing up how they teach kids to read. That move is line with a push at the state level to move away from a style of teaching that had kids learn whole words ...