The once-abandoned instructional approach is back in place in South Dakota in hopes of improving students’ reading comprehension.

Some districts using phonics show improved reading scores for English learners and low-income students. The battle over the best way to teach children how to read has re-erupted in the California ...

There is simply no educational equity, no opportunity and no meaningful learning without skilled and proficient reading — but ...

We look forward to the day when these dismal reading proficiency scores are viewed as a scandal rather than encouraging news.

Yet those numbers revealed only the slightest boosts, with a paltry 47% of California students meeting or exceeding English standards ... public schools to use phonics-based reading curriculum ...

The battle over the best way to teach children how to read has re-erupted ... not one that focuses primarily on phonics. English learners, she said, need schools to teach phonics hand-in-hand ...