An influential researcher in the science of reading movement is warns schools may be "overteaching" the skill.

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 ...

EdSource · California teachers on the picket line amid shrinking school budgets Controversies over how best to teach children to read go back many years. Most recently, two questions have emerged that ...

As California launches a new literacy campaign, some advocates worry that for English learners, a focus on sounding out words will come at the expense of learning the meaning of words. State ...

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 ...

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 ...

State Education Commissioner Betty Rosa has overseen sweeping changes to the education system. On Monday, the Board of Regents took on reading, deciding that every school district must revert to ...

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 ...