England’s synthetic phonics approach is not working for children who struggle to read

Since 2012, England has taken an increasingly narrow approach to how primary school teachers should teach reading. The ...
The Hechinger Report

What parents need to know about the research on how kids learn to read

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. A student in a ...
The Daily Reflector

5-year olds can learn to read using phonetics

Q Our son was already registered for junior kindergarten before we became aware that you believe in phonic-based reading instruction. He will be 5 in about three months. The private school we are ...
Education Week

Data: How Reading Is Really Being Taught

When I first met “Juan,” then a 2nd grader, he knew about half of his consonant sounds and none of his vowels. I was a new K-5 special education teacher at the time, now more than a dozen years ago, ...
MinnPost

Minnesota educators continue to grapple with one of the most critical — and politicized — education issues: reading instruction

A first-grade student at Prodeo Academy's St. Paul campus tapping out a word he's been asked to write during a routine literacy assessment. Credit: MinnPost photo by Erin Hinrichs As educators ...