Chad Aldeman has long been steeped in the education policy world. Yet he was still caught off-guard when he realized that his son wasn’t sounding out new words by the time he was in 1st grade but was ...

Kindergarten teachers at East Oakview took part in a “learning lab” to observe how their colleagues teach new phonics lessons ...

Students in class at Lake Marie Elementary School in Whittier, on Nov. 17, 2022. (Photo by Lauren Justice/For Cal Matters) This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their ...

Sound it out. Ph-o-n-i-c-s. You use the fundamental skill every day. Fort Worth ISD students, however, are not receiving enough instruction to master phonics, district officials said. As part of a ...

Jefferson County Public Schools will revisit how it teaches students to read and by next year will roll out a new reading curriculum required for all district elementary schools, according to ...

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California took a big step toward overhauling its reading curriculum last week when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill pushing for phonics-based instruction in elementary and middle school classrooms.