In a guest column, three researchers delve into the reading wars that often pit whole language against phonics as the best approach for struggling readers. David Reinking and David Yaden are former ...

Since 2012, England has taken an increasingly narrow approach to how primary school teachers should teach reading. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. The policies on ...

A lawsuit filed by a pair of Massachusetts families is adding to the backlash against an approach to reading instruction that some schools still use despite evidence that it's not the most effective.

WASHINGTON — Back in the 1980s, when Mary Pat Donoghue completed her bachelor’s degree in elementary education, “Units of Study for Teaching Reading” was a popular new program that celebrated children ...

The interests of able readers are being threatened by an insistence primary school pupils are taught to read using phonics, an academic has said. The Department for Education wants English schools to ...

As educators and families search for ways to improve early literacy outcomes, the Scott County Library System is expanding a ...

With $7 million in new textbooks, Palm Beach County schools are putting to rest a bitter battle over reading. For years, local educators have fought passionately over the best way to teach kids to ...

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