Los Angeles Times

Could phonics solve California’s reading crisis? Inside the push for sweeping changes

To look inside Julie Celestial’s kindergarten classroom in Long Beach is to peer into the future of reading in California. During a recent lesson, 25 kindergartners gazed at the whiteboard, trying to ...
Education Week

‘Science of Reading’ Advocates Underscore: It’s Not Just About Phonics

For many, the “science of reading” has become synonymous with phonics instruction. Politicians on both sides of the aisle have said the movement to align reading instruction with what the research ...
Post and Courier

SC is all in on the 'science of reading.' Some schools say its phonics approach makes a difference.

Tasked with spelling out the word "drop," the first grader at Logan Elementary School had instead written "drip" onto his laminated sheet with a dry-erase marker. But quickly realizing that spelling ...
The Conversation

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

Dominic Wyse currently receives funding from the Helen Hamlyn Trust and The Welsh Government. Since 2012, England has taken an increasingly narrow approach to how primary school teachers should teach ...