WASHINGTON — Back in the 1980s, when Mary Pat Donoghue completed her bachelor’s degree in elementary education, “Units of Study for Teaching Reading” was a popular new program that celebrated children ...

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 ...

Reading phonics and cursive writing make a return to the the teaching curriculum in a what’s-old-is-new-again development. The mind-bending potential of AI to impact education, for better or worse, ...

The sounds coming from Stacey Taylor's first-grade classroom at New Bedford's Ashley School had a familiar ring. "Ow-Aw-Oh-Ooo-Ah." The sounds of the letter "O." There was more. More vowels.

Editor's note: With low reading proficiency scores across the state, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin is exploring the causes and consequences of low literacy. This article is part of the By the Book ...

In a guest column, three researchers delve into the reading wars that often pit whole language against phonics as the best approach for struggling readers. David Reinking and David Yaden are former ...

MONTICELLO, Ky. — Enchanted. Feats. Persuaded. Tame. Sorrowful. Determined. Barely three weeks into the school year, veteran educator Kristen Phillips had already taught her Bell Elementary second ...

Decades of research points to the negative implications of low reading scores in elementary school, which are often associated with negative outcomes later in life. Rocket Phonics, a Sarasota-based ...