Struggling readers don’t just need more practice—they need targeted, research-backed strategies. Structured, multisensory phonics approaches can turn decoding struggles into reading confidence.

Phonics is the backbone of early literacy, helping kids connect letters to sounds so they can read and spell with confidence. Today’s teachers are finding creative ways to make phonics engaging, from ...

One of the most influential names in the “science of reading” movement has issued a surprising warning: After years of neglecting to systematically teach students foundational reading skills, he says, ...

Lucy Calkins, a leading literacy expert, has rewritten her curriculum to include a fuller embrace of phonics and the science of reading. Critics may not be appeased. By Dana Goldstein For decades, ...

To look inside Julie Celestial’s kindergarten classroom in Long Beach is to peer into the future of reading in California. During a recent lesson, 25 kindergartners gazed at the whiteboard, trying to ...

Arguments about the best way to teach children to read can be intense – they’ve even been described as “the reading wars”. In England, as in many other countries, much of the debate has been over the ...