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 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 ...

“We are now adopting the Bluebonnet phonics component. So the reading is split into skills and knowledge. Skills is the ...

Teaching phonics is great and absolutely necessary, but beware of non-phonetic words such as those spelled with “ough” (tough, bough, ought, through, though).

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Phonics alone won’t get kids reading Re: “ Far too many California children can’t read ” (Page A7, June 17 ...

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.

Nearly 60% of third graders aren’t reading at grade level. A new bill would require schools to use a phonics-based approach to teach students.

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 ...

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

Reading scores stagnated. Math scores jumped compared with the early '90s, but haven't gone up in a decade. What's happening to America's students?

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.