As schools around the nation scramble to respond to the alarm bells set off by falling scores on “the nation’s report card,” we—two university professors who teach reading courses and who are former ...

Editor's note: With low reading proficiency scores across the state, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin is exploring the causes and consequences of low literacy. This article is part of the By the Book ...

"I will get teared up because I think I can't read," fourth grader Raven said. Learning to read isn't fair. It comes naturally for some students. But for others it's a frustrating, agonizing process ...

A teacher works with sixth- and seventh-graders on a phonics lesson in Poway, Calif., in January 2020. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune) To the editor: English is a phonetic language, so ...

Tasked with spelling out the word "drop," the first grader at Logan Elementary School had instead written "drip" onto his laminated sheet with a dry-erase marker. But quickly realizing that spelling ...

Children’s songs by Donny and Marie Osmond offer a way to phonics and reading success. PHONICS SONGS plus has important phonics skills and hundreds of high frequency reading words (sight words) ...

As students head back to school across New York State, classrooms are also going back to basics. Following a 2024 decision ...

Madam Mabel Kyeraah Twum, the Intellectual School Quiz Mistress has stated that teaching Jolly Phonics at the preschool level, helps boost writing and reading skills in pupils. Madam Twum said Jolly ...

The Golden State is now following the Magnolia State’s phonics success.