As a teacher in Oakland, Calif., Kareem Weaver helped struggling fourth- and fifth-grade kids learn to read by using a very structured, phonics-based reading curriculum called Open Court. It worked ...

Why is this country in the middle of still another angry fight over how to teach reading in the schools? The issue should have been settled years ago when stacks of research showed conclusively that a ...

EdReports, the nonprofit curriculum reviewer, is shining a spotlight on early reading—the group announced on Wednesday that it will start releasing evaluations of foundational phonics skills programs.

A new study has found evidence of big gains in students’ reading ability from using one specific phonics program—and suggests that consistent implementation is key to getting the strongest results.

The inquiry chairman, the much-missed Ken Rowe, who died in 2009, wrote in his inimitable style, ‘‘Higher education providers of education and those who provide ongoing professional development of ...

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Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Most parents are well aware of phonics - a tool which supposedly helps children with their literacy. It ...

As Fort Worth Independent School District officials reviewed their official spring 2025 state test scores on Tuesday with an overall celebration of academic gains, leaders acknowledged that the work ...