The phonics screening check is so closely correlated with month of birth that it can be argued that it is a test of age rather than decoding.

California took a big step toward overhauling its reading curriculum last week when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill pushing ...

While not mandatory, the law provides support for phonics — focused on vocabulary, comprehension and sounding words out — to ...

A new California law is pushing for phonics-based reading instruction in elementary and middle school classrooms. The law provides training for school principals and reading specialists in ...

Microsoft has revealed the next games coming to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service this October. This is the first new batch of games coming to Game Pass since Microsoft announced a price hike ...

The company is spinning it as an upgrade since it includes an expanded catalog of games. Don't miss out on our latest stories. Add PCMag as a preferred source on Google. After raising prices twice for ...

Jeffrey McQuillan claims that encouraging phonics instruction will be a “train wreck” in California (Letters, Oct. 3). Yet his main piece of evidence, a 2020 analysis, is wanting. Aside from some ...

You write that the Golden State is “jumping on the caboose” of the pro-phonics movement in reading instruction (“California Learns From Mississippi,” Review & Outlook, Sept. 27). Yet nearly 30 years ...

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Some other Game Pass plans are being upgraded and will be renamed, but they aren't getting a price increase. Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in ...

Microsoft announced on Oct. 1 a new set of changes for Xbox Game Pass that will affect across all three tiers of the service, including folding Windows PC games into every tier — and raising the price ...

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