“We are now adopting the Bluebonnet phonics component. So the reading is split into skills and knowledge. Skills is the ...

Few decisions a society makes are as consequential as how it teaches children to read. Children who can’t read proficiently ...

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California’s dismal reading scores point to the need to bolster early literacy, but here's why experts say it may be possible ...

The statutory test, taken in June, aims to identify five and six-year-olds' understanding of phonics. It is a ten-minute one-to-one test with a teacher, with a pass mark of 32 out of 40 (based on the ...

The nearly $1M phonics plan will expand K-3 reading instruction while avoiding Bluebonnet’s debated Bible story lessons ...