Since the school district implemented a new phonics program in Bradley Elementary School, 80% of the kids are now reading ...
An influential researcher in the science of reading movement is warns schools may be "overteaching" the skill.
The UFLI reading curriculum is already used in McLean County school districts, including District 87 and Heyworth.
Teaching methods have changed over recent years, particularly in the areas of reading and writing. The pendulum is swinging back, though, so phonics and cursive writing are turning up in lesson plans.
A new curriculum teaches young children how to break down words by their sounds and then put them back together.
Too many Georgian children are failing to read at grade level. This limits their opportunities for success and puts them at risk of poverty, unemployment and incarceration.
A teacher at a Nashville elementary school claimed his job was threatened after he refused to read a book about same-sex marriage to his young students. According to the legal group First Liberty ...
G.W. Carver High School in New Orleans is a top open enrollment school that has built a reputation for growing students ...
A dad was left scratching his head after struggling to come up with an answer to a particularly tricky question in his child’s first-grade English homework. It soon became clear, however, that there ...
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Letter: Michigan literacy laws, not MPS, drove phonics shift

LETTER: Reader says MPS adopted phonics to comply with Michigan’s 2024 literacy and dyslexia laws, criticizes Lucy Calkins, and notes UFLI approval.
Now the district wants taxpayers to approve another mill‑levy override for 2026 — essentially a blank check — without showing progress from the last infusion of funds. Families are rightly asking: ...