A new California law is pushing for phonics-based reading instruction in elementary and middle school classrooms.

While not mandatory, the law provides support for phonics — focused on vocabulary, comprehension and sounding words out — to ...

The phonics screening check is so closely correlated with month of birth that it can be argued that it is a test of age rather than decoding.

You write that the Golden State is “jumping on the caboose” of the pro-phonics movement in reading instruction (“California Learns From Mississippi,” Review & Outlook, Sept. 27). Yet nearly 30 years ...

In a new book, researcher Timothy Shanahan argues that giving students easy texts is holding back US reading achievement ...

The non-profit Serve Minnesota, launched Bridge2Read three years ago and it's already showing measurable results in early ...

Readers discuss security concerns over dealings with China, Prince Andrew’s relationship with Jeffery Epstein and pressure on the NHS (Picture: Ken Ishii -Pool/Getty Images) Concerning the glitch that ...

Actress and Actors’ Equity Association President Brooke Shields took to Instagram this week to call out Casa Bonita management and its owners, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, over the pink palace’s ...

Sheen Falls in Kenmare, Co Kerry has been named best resort in Europe, while The Westbury in Dublin has taken the best hotel title in Ireland in the annual Condé Nast Traveller Readers’ Choice Awards.

After nearly two decades, the classic kids' show Reading Rainbow is back — with a new host and a new digital format, but with the same mission of encouraging children to "take a look, it's in a book." ...