New book recommends that educators broaden focus with history and science to help students go deeper and learn more.

It is important to consider that reading is not just focused on print-based books or learning phonics from a phonics scheme in isolation. When teachers and parents start to separate these ...

Nonetheless, the juxtaposition of joyous whole-language learning and boring phonics is at the heart of the whole-language ethos. In his 1986 book about reading instruction, Insult to Intelligence ...

Reading shouldn't be that hard... Not only is what phonics is intended to teach critically important, but it shouldn't be that hard. One should never, ever need to drill and skill kids.

The results are “dramatic,” said Devin Kearns, a professor in early literacy at North Carolina State University, who was not involved with the study. Gains from UFLI are equivalent to 8 months of ...

“In partnership with their classroom teachers, families across Iowa can use these evidence-based book packs to reinforce phonics and decoding ... supporting reading comprehension that unlocks ...