New York's youngest students may soon see a renewed focus on phonics, as the pendulum in the age-old debate over how to teach reading swings toward the so-called "science of reading." Gov. Kathy ...

English learners are sometimes an afterthought in 'science of reading' policies. Some educators want to change that.

SC Education Superintendent Ellen Weaver pushed for mandatory teacher training on science of reading, new standards; 2025 ...

Experts weigh how a linguistics-based approach, compared to the more recent "balanced literacy" methods, may increase ...

Key education bills tackling unhealthy food, discrimination and literacy landed on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk this week. Here’s ...

Tasked with spelling out the word "drop," the first grader at Logan Elementary School had instead written "drip" onto his laminated sheet with a dry-erase marker. But quickly realizing that spelling ...

4:16 p.m. June 2, 2025: An earlier version of this report incorrectly said teaching phonics was new to Long Beach Unified. Some phonics has been taught in the district for years, but a new focus on ...

A child’s individual differences, skills and experience matter a lot in the learning process, and learning to read is no exception. That’s why new legislation based on the erroneous assumption that ...

Third-grade co-teacher Rebecca Leach helps pupils select the best words for a sentence at Lima’s Heritage Elementary on Tuesday. LIMA — John Parent sat in the kindergarten classroom in wonderment as ...

This story is a collaboration between EdSource and Berkeleyside, a nonprofit online newsroom covering the city of Berkeley. EdSource Reporter John Fensterwald contributed to this report. How kids are ...

Canadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l'éducation, Vol. 44, No. 4 (2021), pp. 1024-1050 (27 pages) Complexity of the various needs that come with English language learners (ELLs) beyond ...