Clearly, decoding is an important and fundamental reading skill. So why don’t we test for it in the United States? England does. Starting in 2012, the Brits started giving a phonics check to all ...

Pupils must also be helped to understand the importance of physical activity, and to make healthy choices in relation to food. This involves encouraging pupils to read and write, both through ...

In the 2015-2016 school year, 49% of California students met or exceeded basic reading standards ... meaning this year’s proposal is nearly 5% higher than the year before, or an increase nearly ...

The acquisition of reading is a complex ... knowledge and explicit phonics instruction. Trained teachers achieved good results. More frequent instruction (4 5 days/week) was more effective.

The United States faces a nationwide crisis in which our young people are reading at alarmingly low rates, with just 1 in 3 ...

The U.S. faces a nationwide early childhood literacy crisis, but some on the right are focusing instead on a New Jersey law ...

With little research or consensus on the topic — unlike its reading counterpart, dyslexia — educators are striving to ...

What are the basics of speaking? What are the basic skills of speaking? Find out more in this short Bitesize Primary English animation. How do you have a conversation? It takes at least two people ...

Humans cannot literally read the minds of others, but can create mental models so as to effectively intuit people's thoughts and feelings. This is known as empathic accuracy, and it involves ...

The game is a brilliant way for your child to improve their phonics and reading as they play. The Alphablocks 'Fun Run' game is available to download and play in the CBeebies Little Learners app.