Sadly, at that time, as New York state adopted a balanced language approach to teaching reading, California politicians chose to buy into a whole word-only curriculum that came out of Australia ...

Across the country, parents are discovering that what their children bring home from school looks very little like what they ...

It’s taken four decades, but using phonics to teach English soon could be state policy. Phonics is where kids are taught a ...

First grader Geniss Gibbs practices reading skills at Eastern Elementary School in Washington, N.C., on May 23, 2022. Although districts are choosing new curricula purportedly aligned with ...

The Golden State was first to popularize a “whole language” approach in the 1980s, which emphasizes immersing children in text and developing a love of reading, with little direct instruction.