And they need to practice reading words that follow the specific rules they’ve been taught. The debate between educators and scientists became so virulent it was known as the Reading Wars , and ...

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.

First, phonics knowledge does not always translate into skillfully comprehending text.Some students can decode words quickly and smoothly but still not deeply understand what they are reading ...

But in practice, phonics elements often got short shrift, said Michael Kamil, professor emeritus of education at Stanford University. “It wasn’t a true compromise,” said Kamil, who had sat ...

Young children who spend more time learning about the relationship between letters and sounds are better at counting, calculating, and recognizing numbers, a new study has found. Researchers from ...