Amos: Too many California kids can’t read. Will phonics help? Nearly 6 in 10 third graders scored below grade level on California’s reading tests during most of the last decade ...

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.

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.

New Jersey’s youngest students should expect new tools in their classrooms this fall, as schools implement new laws to reboot reading instruction.

South Carolina schools are going all in on the "science of reading," an approach to teaching reading that's largely focused on English's phonics.

The original proposal would have mandated phonics instruction in K-12 classrooms. The latest version makes that optional.

Low reading scores in recent years led to a push to reconsider the merits of the phonics-based “science of reading” methodology. Just under 50% of South Dakota students didn’t meet English ...

Phonics instruction has been a major point of contention in the decades-long "reading wars" — shorthand in education circles for the debate over the best way to teach children to read.

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 ...

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 ...

Fort Worth ISD students, however, are not receiving enough instruction to master phonics, district officials said. As part of a wide-sweeping district restructuring, phonics lessons will be ...