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 ...

That’s why it’s promising Michigan passed legislation last year to require a “science of reading” approach — a phonics-based reading curriculum — in kindergarten through 3rd grade.

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 ...

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 ...