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 ...

Those concepts are phonics (the relationship between letters and sounds); phonemic awareness (the ability to distinguish a language's sounds from one another); fluency (the ability to read quickly ...

The compromise between English learner advocates and those who back the so-called “science of reading” or “evidence-based” approach provides funding and support for phonics-focused ...

One camp advocates for phonics, which focuses on the relationship between sounds and letters. The other prefers a “whole language” approach that puts a stronger emphasis on meaning ...

You use the fundamental skill every day. Fort Worth ISD students, however, are not receiving enough instruction to master phonics, district officials said. As part of a wide-sweeping district ...

On Monday, the Board of Regents took on reading, deciding that every school district must revert to teaching phonics in grades pre-K through third, starting this fall. ALBANY — Phonics is king ...

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 ...