Seventy-one years ago, I walked into my Chapman School fourth-grade classroom and met the most consequential teacher I would ever have, Mrs. Ganno. She soon realized I was a struggling reader and ...

As Illinois rolls out a new law requiring early literacy screenings beginning Jan. 1, some educators question whether it will ...

Monthly Themed Book Bags: Discover something new each month. Each bag includes a hand-picked book (chapter book for a child), a short note about the month’s theme, and a small surprise gift. Return ...

One criticism of the science of reading is that phonics can be boring. Gee Macrory, a British scholar, says that decodable ...

Education programs at some of Ohio’s largest colleges and universities have not complied with a new state requirement to only ...

Restoring literacy demands we treat reading as more than a skill, but as a gateway to wisdom and understanding.

When it comes to reading, middle school students need foundational literacy instruction that respects age, cognitive development, and dignity.

The sounding-out of the word requires children to guess what that word might be – and might mean – based on their knowledge ...

For more than a century, parents and teachers have been engaged in “reading wars” between those who favor phonics (teaching ...

Jeffrey McQuillan claims that encouraging phonics instruction will be a “train wreck” in California (Letters, Oct. 3). Yet his main piece of evidence, a 2020 analysis, is wanting. Aside from some ...