Whitmer, who reached her two-term limit, touched on various topics, including the economy, education and the roads.

Here is Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's eighth and final State of the State address as prepared for delivery on Tuesday, Feb ...

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

Balanced Literacy downplays structured phonics, where kids learn by memorizing letters' sounds. Is that why some are struggling to read?

Teaching methods have changed over recent years, particularly in the areas of reading and writing. The pendulum is swinging back, though, so phonics and cursive writing are turning up in lesson plans.

Since the school district implemented a new phonics program in Bradley Elementary School, 80% of the kids are now reading above grade level.

The UFLI reading curriculum is already used in McLean County school districts, including District 87 and Heyworth.

In Raymond Elementary School’s pre-kindergarten classroom, boys and girls huddled together on a rug with their teacher to learn a foundational skill for reading and spelling: how to pull apart and put ...

As an Orton-Gillingham-certified instructor, I support the methodology, which calls for an explicit, systematic, cumulative, direct, and sequential approach to reading instruction that emphasizes ...

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