California’s reading wars may finally be over. After decades of debate over how to teach reading, a new bill aims to use phonics to solve the state’s literacy crisis.

Nearly 6 in 10 third graders scored below grade level on California’s reading tests during most of the last decade.

Schools try new approach to teach students to read 04:00. Only about one-third of elementary school students in the U.S. are reading at grade level, according to the recent National Assessment of ...

“Kids are not being taught how to read because for decades teachers have been sold an idea about reading and how children learn to do it,” Emily Hanford, a public radio journalist who for ...

A new approach to teaching children how to read has been implemented in schools across the country, with educators seeing a dramatic improvement in scores. Known as the 'science of reading,' this ...

How phonics is making a comeback as millions of kids struggle to read "I will get teared up because I think I can't read," fourth grader Raven said.

To the editor: Along the lines of using phonics to teach children how to read, I would observe that a large number of children in California schools have homes where English is not the first language.

In 2023, 43% of Oakland County students, nearly 65,000 kids, fell into “the literacy gap,” according to Beyond Basic’s assessment of Michigan Department of Education reports.

The battle over the best way to teach children how to read has re-erupted in the California Legislature, as dueling factions haggle over a bill that would mandate a phonics-based style of reading ...