The front page story in the Feb. 23 Daily Progress (“Back to Basics”), about teaching phonics, caught my eye immediately. On the surface, phonics looks like a great idea. Just below the surface, it is ...

In 1955, Rudolph Flesch wrote a simple book, Why Johnny Can’t Read, in which he pointed out that education was failing simply because we were no longer teaching reading by using phonics. It seems no ...

English learners are sometimes an afterthought in 'science of reading' policies. Some educators want to change that.

A new study has found evidence of big gains in students’ reading ability from using one specific phonics program—and suggests that consistent implementation is key to getting the strongest results.

Children who move while learning sounds of letters significantly improve their ability to recognize individual letter sounds. Children who move while learning sounds of letters significantly improve ...

In response to Mona Charen’s Tuesday column supporting phonics reading instruction: The idea that English is a phonetic language is laughable. One symbol, one sound is a great idea. But that’s not ...

A heartwarming TikTok video of a mum teaching her 16-month-old baby phonics has gone viral, racking up 1.9 million views and ...

whole-language theory holds that learning to read and write English is analogous to learning to speak it—a natural, unconscious process best fostered by unstructured immersion. In an atmosphere rich ...

Think you know your ABCs? Think again! From the letter J (which showed up centuries late) to the silent K that once loved the sound of its own voice, the English alphabet is packed with quirky ...