Balanced Literacy downplays structured phonics, where kids learn by memorizing letters' sounds. Is that why some are struggling to read?

Balanced Literacy downplays "structured phonics," the older technique where kids memorize letters' sounds and learn to sound out words. Balanced Literacy does sound more fun than boring phonics drills ...

My child can’t read!” That’s become a common complaint from parents. Why? It might be because kids are distracted by social media and video games. But I think it’s also because reading instruction ...

But I think it's also because reading instruction became lazy and political. "Progressives" at teachers' colleges pushed a reading technique called "Balanced Literacy." Instead of memorizing sounds ...

My child can’t read!” That’s become a common complaint from parents. Why? It might be because kids are distracted by social media and video games. But I think it’s also because reading instruction ...

But I think it’s also because reading instruction became lazy and political. “Progressives” at teachers’ colleges pushed a ...

My child can’t read!” That’s become a common complaint from parents. Why? It might be because kids are distracted by social media and video games. But I think it’s also because reading instruction ...

While working as a long-term substitute teacher in a Cheyenne high school not long ago, retired reading specialist Gay Wilson ...

Effort to revise, update and standardize the way Wyoming teaches K-12 students to read has been nearly a decade in the making ...

But I think it’s also because reading instruction became lazy and political. “Progressives” at teachers’ colleges pushed a reading technique called “Balanced Literacy.” Instead of memorizing sounds ...

Michigan's fourth-grade reading scores are alarming. A state senator shares his personal story and calls for urgent reform.