It comes as education unions have raised concerns about the statutory tests taken by Year 6 pupils in primary schools across England.

But even with this new bill, the state is not moving far enough, fast enough. The bill advances phonics and other skills like comprehension and reading fluency, but its adoption is only voluntary.

Spelling, 56, has always been a glamour girl, and so naturally, she wore not just SPF chapstick but several swipes of rosy pink lip gloss and a touch of highlighter on the apples of her cheeks. We ...

Cueing methods include phonics, Compton-Lilly said — that's what the "visual" cue of three-cueing is supposed to mean, not pictures.

California schools use about half a dozen reading curricula, and some are more phonics-based than others. Typically, schools use a combination of programs and give teachers some leeway. Proponents of ...

The 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards was a night to remember, and Tori Spelling was dressed to impress. The Beverly Hills, 90210 alum, 51, was on hand at this year's iHeartRadio Awards and documented ...

An 11-year-old student, Miss Amazing-Grace Salami from Greenspill International School, Abuja, has won the Spelling Bee in Nigeria (SpIN) competition.

Students compete in the Omaha Sports Commission's regional spelling bee at the Strauss Performing Arts Center in Omaha on Saturday, March 15, 2025.

CPS students, grades first through eighth, competed in the 2025 Citywide Spelling Bee Championship at Marie Curie Metropolitan High School on March 13, 2025. Winner Beatriz Whitford-Rodriguez, righ… ...

Ms. Sayers has taught for about 25 years and has seen the pendulum swing around how reading is taught. In her classroom, she has always taught phonics, decoding strategies and vocabulary.

They've been campaigning for a century to make the spelling of the English language easier and recently picketed a spelling bee in the US to make their point. Welcome to the Simplified Spelling ...