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 ...

Each is entangled with many interacting variables, making it hard to isolate a single cause (e.g., coffee, a teaching method) for a specific outcome (e.g., heart disease, reading proficiency). For ...

Simple words like "the" and "of" are everywhere, but don't follow regular phonics patterns. How should teachers approach them?

In its Year one report, the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EdCom II) highlighted issues on the old and new K-12 curriculum, including its congestion and unclear competency support for ...

Alphablocks uses best-practice systematic synthetic phonics developed with literacy experts and aligned to the EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) framework and KS1 curriculum. Alphablocks 'Fun ...

Collaborative Classroom, a leading nonprofit publisher of K–12 instructional materials, announces the publication of SIPPS®, ...

What is the optimal duration of treatment? Specifically, direct and systematic phonologic awareness and phonics instruction produced significant effects for at-risk readers (ie, young children in ...

Teaching children how to identify and combine parts of words is an important component of a comprehensive approach to reading ...

An Ofsted report said staff at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School in Middlesbrough make lessons fun and memorable ...