By the 2000s, a more all-around and phonics-inclusive approach called balanced literacy was gaining popularity as the leading theory in competition with phonics-first approaches.

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 ...

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.

These phonics-style methods have decades of research to support them. Repeatedly, research has found that phonics helps students to identify words faster and more accurately than look-say methods.

Once Flesch introduced Johnny to the rules of phonics, he was off and running. Shutterstock Flesch wrote a bestseller called Why Johnny Can’t Read , in which he blasted the American education ...

First comes phoneme awareness, then phonics, then comprehension and fluency. ... Look at [the online marketplace] Teachers Pay Teachers; they are selling massive amounts of ...

With phonics win, Banks proves himself the champion NYC kids need The problem is, the way we teach literacy isn’t the only mistake we continue to make in our schools. Our kids spend a lot of ...

A FEW MONTHS ago, we considered reading by 9 months. How about reading by 19 years? That’s the daunting task facing middle and high school teachers who increasingly encounter illiterate teen-agers.

As test scores lag, there’s a growing debate between proponents of the “science of reading,” which emphasizes phonics, and traditional educators who prefer to instill a love of literature.

Meet the First Black Author to Create Phonics Workbooks That Improve Reading Skills in 30 Days or Less. Rosa Higgs, a teacher from Berkeley, California, has proven why phonics instruction matters.