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

How phonics is making a comeback as millions of kids struggle to read "I will get teared up because I think I can't read," fourth grader Raven said. By Arthur Jones II , Tal Axelrod , and Jay O'Brien ...

Based on easily obtained public data online, it is clear to me that the California public school system is not properly ...

As a teacher in Oakland, Calif., Kareem Weaver helped struggling fourth- and fifth-grade kids learn to read by using a very structured, phonics-based reading curriculum called Open Court. It ...

The stakes are high, as California's reading scores have stagnated since the pandemic. Nearly 60% of third graders weren't reading at grade level last year, with some student groups faring even worse.

Teaching phonics is great and absolutely necessary, but beware of non-phonetic words such as those spelled with “ough” (tough, bough, ought, through, though). 2. English is a difficult ...

As Fort Worth Independent School District officials reviewed their official spring 2025 state test scores on Tuesday with an overall celebration of academic gains, leaders acknowledged that the work ...

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.

Washington, D.C., students showed big gains in fourth grade reading and eighth grade math. In fact, D.C. Public Schools was the only large district to show test-score gains in three of the four ...

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 ...

All state school students from prep to grade 2 will learn to read using the same explicit teaching method within two years, after the state’s powerful teachers’ union reached a deal with the ...