Why is this country in the middle of still another angry fight over how to teach reading in the schools? The issue should have been settled years ago when stacks of research showed conclusively that a ...

EdReports, the nonprofit curriculum reviewer, is shining a spotlight on early reading—the group announced on Wednesday that it will start releasing evaluations of foundational phonics skills programs.

Misty Adoniou works for the University of Canberra. She has received funding from state and federal funding bodies for projects investigating curriculum, teacher standards and the teaching of English ...

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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 ...

Re “Hooked on Phonics? We Should Lose This Addiction,” by Mary Lee Griffin, Commentary, Oct. 22: Structured reading programs have helped more students than they’ve hurt. In California, we went through ...

Karen Molinar, the Superintendent of the Fort Worth Independent School District, gives a presentation during a meeting at the District Administration Building in Fort Worth on Tuesday, May, 20, 2025.