GREENVILLE — Thousands of adults in the Capital Region cannot read at a third-grade level, and for those living in rural areas, there’s not many programs to help them. So a literacy tutor, a Rotary ...

To the editor: In 1970, I was a student teacher and then a second-grade teacher in New York. I later became a learning and reading specialist and taught the teachers. Throughout my training, I learned ...

Controversies over how best to teach children to read go back many years. Most recently, two questions have emerged that leave teachers of English learners puzzled: First, does research on reading, ...

New York's youngest students may soon see a renewed focus on phonics, as the pendulum in the age-old debate over how to teach reading swings toward the so-called "science of reading." Gov. Kathy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels, CC BY Victoria has just announced all government schools will be required to use phonics to teach ...

Dominic Wyse receives funding from The Helen Hamlyn Trust; the Nuffield Foundation; the Leverhulme Trust; and The Monday Charitable Trust. Alice Bradbury receives funding from the Helen Hamlyn Trust, ...

As a retired professor of elementary education, I often get questions from teachers about the best way to teach reading to primary school children. This issue is receiving renewed interest given the ...

Teachers are being instructed to dedicate just 10 minutes to teaching their students phonics at a northern suburbs school, despite the government’s 25 minute recommendation. From this year, students ...

Can you spell deja vu? 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 ...

In a shift away from whole language-based approaches favoured across the sector, Canberra Goulburn Catholic Education has introduced a new policy on reading instruction, which will require all primary ...