The results are “dramatic,” said Devin Kearns, a professor in early literacy at North Carolina State University, who was not ...

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.

This required finding another teacher to share a classroom. Our first meeting was not auspicious. She was dedicated to phonics first, while I was still — albeit now a bit wobbly — in the “make it ...

One member of the California state board of education, a phonics man who is married to a third-grade teacher, described the appeal of whole-language to teachers this way: "It's easier to teach ...

Educators need more professional development at the intersection of early childhood education and literacy instruction, ...

In terms of where you would put phonics, in terms of priority in the lesson, many would argue that we haven’t got time to do it. In essence though it really is the fundamental building block of ...