When I was in second grade in the 1950s, my class spent Tuesday afternoons with a phonics workbook. Then it was a nice change from regular class, but I never imagined how much it would benefit me ...

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.

The Phonics Songs plus, Grade One instruction book with songs by Donny and Marie Osmond, will be available free from Dec 1 thru Dec 4 Music with lyrics helps develop reading skills.

4:16 p.m. June 2, 2025: An earlier version of this report incorrectly said teaching phonics was new to Long Beach Unified. Some phonics has been taught in the district for years, but a new focus ...

In his 1986 book about reading instruction, Insult to Intelligence ... One member of the California state board of education, a phonics man who is married to a third-grade teacher, ...

Checking in on NYC's new phonics-based reading curriculum 03:06. NEW YORK - By their own admission, the New York City Public School system has failed its students.. Literacy is at the core of ...

Heidi Anne E. Mesmer is a professor in literacy in the school of education at Virginia Tech. Her latest book is Letter Lessons and First Words: Phonics Foundations That Work (Heinemann, 2019).

McGuire, a fourth grade teacher at Governor Wentworth Regional School District, turned to her colleague Jackie Benson, a reading specialist. The two started looking for comic book series that ...

A popular method of teaching, known as “balanced literacy,” has focused less on phonics and more on developing a love of books and ensuring students understand the meaning of stories.