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.

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

If you have a tricky name that needs spelling out every now and then, or you ever need to clarify something like a password or an address over the phone, you might find yourself resorting to the NATO ...

First HISD took the libraries. Now teachers say the district's curriculum leaves no room for storybooks and some are secretly reading to students anyway.

The “reading wars” that raged in American schools for decades finally seem to be ending. The victor is clear: Phonics is the ...

To the editor: In 1970, I was a student teacher and then a second-grade teacher in New York. I later became a learning and reading specialist and taught the teachers. Throughout my training, I learned ...

America’s kids aren’t learning how to read, a skill which forms the building blocks of nearly every other subject or discipline and a lifelong capacity for acquiring knowledge. That’s why it’s ...

Only true fashionistas will appreciate her parenting style. If “A is for Apple” then B is for boring, according to this modish mama, whose haute hack for teaching her daughter the ABCs is catching ...

Did you know that there is a military alphabet? This is a special phonetic alphabet that is used by the military to communicate over radios and other devices. The military alphabet was created in ...

State Education Commissioner Betty Rosa has overseen sweeping changes to the education system. On Monday, the Board of Regents took on reading, deciding that every school district must revert to ...