England’s synthetic phonics approach is not working for children who struggle to read

Since 2012, England has taken an increasingly narrow approach to how primary school teachers should teach reading. The ...
The Hechinger Report

What parents need to know about the research on how kids learn to read

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. A student in a ...
EdSource

A movement rises to change the teaching of reading

Este artículo está disponible en español. Léelo en español. When Esti Iturralde’s daughter Winnie was in first grade, the girl struggled with learning to read. Like most parents, Iturralde blamed ...
The Atlantic

How One Woman Became the Scapegoat for America’s Reading Crisis

Until a couple of years ago, Lucy Calkins was, to many American teachers and parents, a minor deity. Thousands of U.S. schools used her curriculum, called Units of Study, to teach children to read and ...
The Daily Reflector

5-year olds can learn to read using phonetics

Q Our son was already registered for junior kindergarten before we became aware that you believe in phonic-based reading instruction. He will be 5 in about three months. The private school we are ...
MinnPost

Minnesota educators continue to grapple with one of the most critical — and politicized — education issues: reading instruction

A first-grade student at Prodeo Academy's St. Paul campus tapping out a word he's been asked to write during a routine literacy assessment. Credit: MinnPost photo by Erin Hinrichs As educators ...