(THE CONVERSATION) Five years after the pandemic forced children into remote instruction, two-thirds of U.S. fourth graders still cannot read at grade level ... that features phonics as a critical ...

The battle over the best way to teach children ... was in second grade when the family enrolled them at an elementary school in Los Angeles County that was using a phonics-based curriculum.

California lawmakers reached a compromise on a literacy bill, allowing phonics-based instruction funding without making it mandatory for schools.

Nearly 60% of third graders aren’t reading at grade level. A new bill would require schools to use a phonics-based approach to teach students This story was originally published by CalMatters.