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California’s reading wars may finally be over. After decades of debate over how to teach reading, a new bill aims to use ...

To the editor: English is a phonetic language, so as soon as children learn letters and sounds, they can start to write simple messages. Most people go on to write well enough for practical ...

But she pushed back against a key argument of many phonics activists — that there is no downside to all of the children in a classroom getting the type of repetitive practice in letter-sound ...

michael barbaro A few weeks ago, the nation’s largest public school system, New York City, abandoned its current system for teaching kids ... phonics, which is to say a kid learns the letter ...

America’s kids aren’t learning ... Instead, a “science of reading” — or phonics-based — approach to literacy means students are taught the individual sounds of vowels, consonants ...

She noted that the website opensourcephonics.org has 120 lessons that cover the common phonics patterns needed to sound out new words ... phonics — that a lot of kids need this — and that ...

That’s why researchers say explicit, systematic instruction in phonics is important: Teachers must lead students step by step through a specific sequence of letters and sounds. Kids who learn how to ...

She serves on the Board of Directors of TESOL International. Phonics, or teaching reading, writing and spelling through sounds, is often touted as the golden path to reading and writing.