What are we missing?” A nationwide gap in phonics instruction galvanized the science of reading movement. But as the movement ...

New Jersey missed a key chance to preserve student progress in reading after COVID, while historically low-performing states ...

A phonics-based curriculum is only one part of how Mississippi went from worst to first in education. The other part is much ...

To argue that schools are over-teaching phonics is to risk being seen as a naysayer—someone who believes the tide will ...

Created by experts and grounded in pedagogical research, this structured and systematic digital programme ensures every learner acquires basic number knowledge. It’s quick and easy to embed in short, ...

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 ...

The skill of reading is complex and requires the combination of several elements into an integrated whole. These elements include phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, among ...

We can’t ignore that the current level of literacy within the United States — especially among the younger generations — is inadequate. In 2024, the Nation’s Report Card found that 40% of fourth ...

Learning phonics at the secondary level need not be an infantilising experience, she suggests. Leading literacy teacher Teagan Spence says the use of academic language is key to the program’s success ...

“It’s considered an educative curriculum, meaning it not only helps teachers teach phonics but it helps them learn phonics since many were never formally taught in the subject.” A.E. Phillips is now ...

Phonics is a way of teaching students to read and spell words. It teaches students to connect sounds with letters or groups of letters. The Year 1 Phonics Check (the Check) is a short assessment. It ...

Professor Alice Bradbury (UCL Institute of Education) argues that the government’s new target to see 90% of Year 1 pupils pass the phonics screening is going to be difficult to achieve. In an article ...