The results are “dramatic,” said Devin Kearns, a professor in early literacy at North Carolina State University, who was not ...

Today, children are taught to read using phonics, which is all about the sounds that make up words. Children start by learning the letters and the sounds they make, and how to put them together to ...

Simple words like "the" and "of" are everywhere, but don't follow regular phonics patterns. How should teachers approach them?

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.

JENNY Priestley was a primary school teacher for two decades. In September 2022, the mum-of-two wanted to take her boys to school and pick them up each day, and attend some of their activities.

Phonics is the technique used in schools to teach children to read. Pupils are taught to identify and repeat letter sounds. Those sounds then combine to form words that they read aloud.

The Legislature two years ago passed Act 20, a bipartisan effort which forces schools to adopt a phonics-based literacy program to improve elementary reading proficiency statewide. Lawmakers also ...