California took a big step toward overhauling its reading curriculum last week when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill pushing for phonics-based instruction in elementary and middle school classrooms.

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.

Isabel Simmons helps children learn about the digraphs sh and ch. Isabel Simmons shows children how to build, spell, and read words with the digraphs sh and ch. Digraphs are two letters that represent ...

Anna Scretching-Cole teaches about the diagraphs th and wh. Anna Scretching-Cole teaches about the diagraphs th and wh by writing and spelling words. Digraphs are two letters that represent one sound.

Assembly Bill 1454 marks a turning point in California in a long-running debate over how to teach kids to read. For decades, ...

The “reading wars” that raged in American schools for decades finally seem to be ending. The victor is clear: Phonics is the ...